Title: This is happening
Artiste: LCD Soundsystem
Genre: Dance-punk?
Familiarity: Zero
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_I...#Track_listing
Track 1(Love) Very low-key start, laidback with a sort of tinny vocal and fairly minimal instrumentation. Okay, just took me by surprise there, blasting out a big drumbeat and thick synth. Yeah, that was pretty ok.
Track 2(Love) This is more what I think of as punk, without too much aggression though.
Track 3(Love) And this is more synthy, new-wave, dancy. Pretty hypnotic. Reminds of the HL. Overlong though at seven minutes, does not need to be that long.
Track 4(Love) Ooh I really like the melody in this one. Very catchy. Mind you, the off-key synth runs near the end are quite annoying, like interference or video game noise. No idea why they have to be there.
Track 5(Love) Another new-wavey tune. Quite nice.
Track 6(Love) Soft little oriental start to this. Lyric is very clever, obviously directed at their label. Very reminiscent of The Cars.
Track 7(Love) Interesting spoken vocal, reminds me of Talking Heads
Track 8(Love) Sort of a slow shuffle, some great piano and horns
Track 9(Love) Nice uptempo synthy/dance pop track
End result: I'm struggling to see the punk element here, other than the rather frenetic second track. Very enjoyable all around, nothing bad to say. Hey! Does this make me a hipster now? Yeah, right...
So, Love or Hate? This is a
Love
Chances of a full review: 3/10