big shout out...

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

... to jauntyalan  for banging on about the Justice album. I live a sheltered life as a mild-mannered academic and would not otherwise have been exposed to this young person's banging 'house' music. I couldn't be bothered to read the ILX thread so I have no idea if this is a popular position or not. It sounds like Daft Punk put through a blender.

Also: a warning to freakytigger  Not only have I 'obtained' a copy of Operation Mindcrime, I have even worked out how to get the heavy metal umlauts onto Queensrÿche!!

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I haven't heard the alBUM but I found "DANCE" way too busy, in the way that (ironically!) people accuse your faves Basement Jaxx of being.

I agree the "oh its rock" thing is a bit of a red herring.

[byebyepride.livejournal.com]

Yes it's totally busy. It reminds me of the bastard pop / cut-up Kid 606 / Jason Forrest style more than anything else.

[infov0re.livejournal.com]

I think DANCE is actually one of the weaker album tracks, to be fair. The first time I listened to the album, I found it a bit "7/110", but it's now really, really growing on me. There's a storming couple of tracks at the end - DVNO, Stress, Waters of Nazareth - that just lead into one another and really get me going.

I really like how relentless it is as album, how full on. And it's totally danceable - I bob around at my desk quite a lot to it.

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i don't rly like Waters of N all that much, but it has grown on me because it's sandwiched into that storming end section (post "Party")

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'waters of nazareth' is the one I love!

[jauntyalan.livejournal.com]

i've seen it described it as ADD disco but intended as a -ve criticism :-D

i love me some hyperactivity

Tough on big beat, tough on the descendents of big beat

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

I listened to DANCE last night and thought it was totally meh: messy and busy to no apparent end. Not enough groove or momentum to actually make me want to dance.