New Datarock - "The Pretender" (Stereogum Premiere)

No matter its form, remixed or as Datarock intended, "Give It Up" is at least partially about hooking you up with an enema. It was also our first listen to the scarlet-clad Norwegians' forthcoming sophomore collection Red, on which they only used equipment made prior to 1983 and tried tapping into Fela Kuti, Afrika Bambaataa and Kraftwerk. The next single "The Pretender" sounds more like their old inspiration Devo swiveling into an anthemic disco and "Song Of Myself" kick (with a little of Duran Duran's "Rio" at the start), but who's keeping track(suit)? You can see Red's album cover in larger form while you take a listen.

Red is out late summer via Nettwerk.

Posted at 2:02 PM by brandon in Album Art
Tags: Datarock

6 Comments

this is sweet!!! haha

Posted by: coop at 05/18/09 3:20 PM  | Reply
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lol "Rio"

Posted by: Simon LeBon at 05/18/09 6:06 PM  | Reply
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... it's fun and enjoyable

Posted by: B at 05/19/09 9:22 AM  | Reply
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Yeah and you can use it for hangover!

Posted by: norman at 07/08/09 5:48 AM  | Reply
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red is freakin awesome! datarock is ridiculous live, just saw them the other day . definitely worth it!

Posted by: chissy at 09/14/09 12:36 AM  | Reply
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Amoizing album from these guys! I recommend it to errrrvrybody!

Posted by: Dean! at 11/07/09 5:56 AM  | Reply
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