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'''David Cronenberg's Wife''' is a [[London]]-based band. The name is taken from the Canadian
==Profile==
Described as "where genius meets idiocy"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theadelphi.com/events/david-cronenbergs-wife-black-kes-washing-machine-repair-man/|title=The New Adelphi|website=theadelphi.com}}</ref> by BBC Radio 2's [[Mark Lamarr]], the band's lyrics combine dark subject matter with an off-kilter humour. They released their first single "I Couldn't Get Off" in 2007, followed up by two singles and their first album ''Bluebeard's Rooms'' in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/news/3379667-david-cronenbergs-wife-ready-new-album|title=David Cronenberg's Wife ready new album|website=DrownedInSound.com|access-date=2020-06-23|archive-date=2020-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625154704/http://drownedinsound.com/news/3379667-david-cronenbergs-wife-ready-new-album|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was recorded by Simon Trought (formerly of [[Tompaulin]] and [[Darren Hayman|Hayman]], Watkins, Trout & Lee), [[Dot Allison]], and guitarist [[Ian Button]] (formerly of the [[Thrashing Doves]] and [[Death in Vegas]]). It was described in ''[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]]'' as "one of the albums of the year".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/2589/david-cronenberg%E2%80%99s-wife |title=THE-FLY.CO.UK / Album Reviews / David Cronenberg's Wife |website=www.the-fly.co.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813163125/http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/2589/david-cronenberg%E2%80%99s-wife |archive-date=13 August 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Other reviews, however, were more critical of the album's dark subject matter and "repugnant imagery".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indielondon.co.uk/Music-Review/david-cronenbergs-wife-bluebeards-rooms|title=IndieLondon: David Cronenberg's Wife - Bluebeard's Rooms - Your London Reviews|website=Indielondon.co.uk}}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://news.q4music.com/2008/06/q_radios_featured_albums.html Q Magazine - Q radio featured Album of the week]
* [http://www.timeout.com/london/features/1971.html Time Out London article about the Antifolk UK scene,
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