Premature Evaluation: Justice - †
It's time for some dance-floor Justice. With the deification of Dan Deacon, Feist’s Busby Berkeley in her video for “1234” (judging from the crowd’s awkward rug-cutting at Deacon’s recent Mercury Show, maybe she should hold some free classes down at the Y…), and strong recent showings from LCD Soundsystem and Spank Rock, the summer looks like it could be a big ol’ indie dance party. (!!!, you won’t have to do the funky chicken alone!) The trick in these waters, though, is seeing how far the music drifts from the clubs: With dance and hip-hop, the rock kids are often amped on a single or two, don’t bother spinning the entire narrative. But, hey, don’t you know what the Knife can do?
Seemingly everyone digs Justice's chirpy bananas’ split single "D.A.N.C.E." -- American Apparel video spin-off ad soon? -- but how about †, the duo's forthcoming full-length? Do the Goblin-sampling Frenchmen have the extended chops to go with their extended t-shirt collections?
Beyond the ubiquitous "D.A.N.C.E.," the twelve-track collection includes other familiar bits: We already dug the dirty midnight-vulture fuzz/church organ of "Waters Of Nazareth," have rollicked many a demo-ized "Let There Be Light," and stomped awkwardly to the bass-slappy, ruptured-tweeter funk of "Phantom Part 1." New to our eager ears is the screechy skittering "Stress," the dramatic phased-noir of drumroll blippin' opener "Genesis," "DVNO"'s gold (and Sound Of Silver) -spraying disco-clatter falsetto, the soulful distortion-axed "One Minute to Midnight" (a good one for Guitar Hero beginners), etc. Admittedly it took us a while to figure out how to type the little cross (†,†,†,†), but we still give a hearty head bob and majestic full split to the collection. The aforementioned oldies are fleshed out via these newbies and, most of all, it’s solidified our new slogan: “I just came here to bounce.”
Justice - "Phantom Pt. I" (MP3)
† is out 07/10 via Ed Banger/Vice.
[Pics from Justice's set at Coachella '07]
Posted at 6:20 PM in MP3, Premature Evaluation
Tags: Justice
Bravo, you did it again, neglecting to mention the name of the band until it was buried beneath a sea of verbosity in the 2nd paragraph. Just get to the point!
I didn't know if this was a Feist or LCD record or what it was. I'm still not sure.
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DVNO is hot. There's no denying that.
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Ryan, he said the name in the first sentence you twat!
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Ryan, you should really read bore you judge. REALLY
Now onto Justice... I love album. It I's the perfect indie daence pop album. D.A.N.C.E is a great kick start, DVNO is an amazing track, but what stood out most was Stress.
http://whudahexup.com/
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ryan: http://www.ourmedia.org/node/117215
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good news lovers of artist names -- we've decided to add 'em to the post title every time we lube up to prematurely evaluate. so, no more confusion! only sweet release.
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was that a Project X reference in the first sentence?
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man, i hate getting albums and only 3 or 4 of the songs are new.
however,i've loved justice for a long time and hopefully more kids will get into them with this release.
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Dunno what the hell do I think about Justice. Every time I listen to some of their stuff, I always get "Daft Punk Clones" knocking on my head. Sure, D.A.N.C.E is addictive and DVNO will sell tons of albums... but what the hell.
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The new Spoon has leaked too...
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Guys, I'll speak up because the editor hasn't, but they only added the band moniker AFTER I brought up its omission.
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actually, the editor spoke up 4 posts before yours.
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Uffie definitely does not have it.
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Ryan - ever read POST TITLES?
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I was really excited for this album, but it ranks as a massive disappointment. Every track is the same distortion trick over and over again. The Uffie track is atrocious, and really, the thing is just damn boring. That's worse than anything else. It doesn't help either that Simian Mobile Disco's new album simply kills. Oh well. Do yourself a favor and hunt down MSTRKRFT's remix of D.A.N.C.E. It's much better than the original.
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Premature Evaluation - Didn't these guys win some award at the MTV Euro's last year?
Actually I think I read something about Justice on Stereogum.uk like 2 years ago.
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it's everything it's cracked up to be. these guys have quite a bit to live up to, what with We Are Your Friends, Waters of Nazareth, and of course D.A.N.C.E., but they do it. i can't wait to see where they are ten years from now... i mean, look what happened to Daft Punk over the last decade. they pretty much own.
and i love the track with Uffie. a lot of people don't get her and it's a shame they have to knock her down all the time.
i will say though, that of all the big electronic releases coming out soon, the Digitalism one is, in my opinion the best one. Pogo is a great example of the direction they're taking now with the brit-poppy vocals over dirty electro beats.
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yes! the digitalism is definitely the best. i think the new simian mobile disco sucks, only one good track on the whole thing- Sleep Deprivation.
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Do the dance! Do the dance! xD
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