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Described as "where genius meets idiocy" 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://www.drownedinsound.com/articlesnews/3379667-david-cronenbergs-wife-ready-new-album|title=David Cronenberg's Wife ready new album|website=DrownedInSound.com}}</ref> The album was recorded by Simon Trought (formerly of [[Tompaulin]] and [[Darren Hayman|Hayman]], Watkins, Trout and Lee) and [[Dot Allison]] guitarist [[Ian Button]] (formerly of the [[Thrashing Doves]] and [[Death in Vegas]]) and was described in ''[[The Fly (magazine)|The Fly]]'' as "one of the albums of the year".<ref>[http://www.the-fly.co.uk/words/reviews/album-reviews/2589/david-cronenberg%E2%80%99s-wife] {{dead link|date=June 2020}}</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>

Second album ''Hypnagogues'' was released in November 2009, with a noticeably more personal feel to the lyrics and a less harsh sound, even approaching [[alt.country]] on some of the tracks. The NME called it "a promising work in progress" with Drowned in Sound naming opening song "Sweden" (the band's sixth single) "one of the tracks of the year", adding that "it stands so far out from the rest that it encumbers the rest of the album."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14850/reviews/4138311?search|title=Album Review: David Cronenberg's Wife - Hypnagogues|website=DrownedInSound.com}}</ref>

Their third album ''Don't Wait to be Hunted to Hide'' was released in December 2012 and features some of the band's most controversial songs, such as the album's first single "Spiked" which describes a date-rape from the attacker's point of view. The album's themes caused one reviewer to call it the "most truly controversial I’ve heard all year", adding that it may "upset and unsettle" some listeners.<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/david-cronenbergs-wife-dont-wait-to-be-hunted-to-hide/|title=David Cronenberg's Wife: Don't Wait to be Hunted to Hide|website=Trebuchet-magazine.com|date=December 3, 2012}}</ref> In December 2012, the band supported [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] at the Islington Assembly Hall.

The band had two previously unreleased tracks featured on Trashmouth Record's 2014 compilation ''Thinking About Moving to Hastings'' along with songs by The [[Fat White Family]], Pit Ponies and [[Warmduscher]]. In October 2018, David Cronenberg's Wife released a new EP entitled ''The Octoberman Sequence'' on 12" vinyl, and fourth album ''The Ship (Necrologies)'' was released in March 2020. The album's first single, 'Hannity Comes Home', was described by The Indiependent as one of the best singles of the first five months of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiependent.co.uk/2020-hindsight-the-best-singles-of-the-year-so-far/|title=2020 Hindsight: The Best Singles of the Year So Far|website=Independent.co.uk|date=May 22, 2020}}</ref>

==Compilation Trackstracks==

* "Free State Congo" [Vinyl/CD versions] & "All of Me" [CD version only] on "Thinking About Moving to Hastings" ([[Trashmouth Records]] - October 2014)

* [http://news.q4music.com/2008/06/q_radios_featured_albums.html Q Magazine - Q radio featured Album of the week.]

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