On his 30th birthday, Liverpool musician/composer Paul Rafferty formed a band called Doomshakalaka in his mind. The name was like “Boomshakalaka!” (a snippet of in-game commentary from the video game NBA Jam) but with a D, giving a usually celebratory exclamation a paradoxical sense of dread; an apt name for a project that occupies the junction between weirdo party rock n' roll and sad lyricism. ... more