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So I guess this is what other people heard when they listened to Daft Punk's Discovery, right?
It's like listening directly to technology from the future - some of it is cold, but mostly it's just staggering in how well it works. A lot of it seems to have a sense of ruthless, streamlined efficiency to it... Would it be too much of a cliche to call it teutonic? Or would it just be inaccurate, because that suggests something at odds with the kind of total crazed abandon that several of the tracks on OK Cowboy suggest/induce?
'My Friend Dario' is obviously huge, a mix of the best aspects of electroclash (disdainful East European female vocals) and the Chemical Brothers (piling in huge swathes of guitar that somehow don't feel out of place in a dance track AT ALL). I've read people describe listening to it as being like being drunk, or getting drunk very quickly, and that's not inaccurate. Whereas huge building waves of synth attack like 'Poney 01' and 'La Rock 01' suggest a different form of intoxication. 'The Past' and 'U&I' are hopelessly sad and wistful in the way that certain Felix Da Housecat is, except more contemplative. And I don't even know where to start when it comes to the triptych of 'No Fun', 'Repair Machines' and 'Newman'...
Definitely going to be one of my albums of the year. Anyone else? |
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