Sooo, I usually don't read reviews until after I listen to a record so that I can have something to validate me afterwards But since there was so much hooplah about the sophomore attempt by Gaspard and Xavier, I couldn't help myself. And the reviews align right up with what the guys said themselves: "we're not trying to do † again." And this album definitely is different. But not so much of a departure that they sound like a different band. The french filters and the 80's-car-crusin analog sound that is commonplace on Ed Banger releases is all there, and to beautiful effect. The album builds song to song. I recall the guys saying that their first album was an electro-oprea or something, and this was definitely done in the spirit of telling a story with extremely pleasing melodies -- this is their mid-evil rock opera. I love the record. But I'm not in love with it. Musically it's super tight and sounds awesome (I wonder who did the mastering). Xavier said in a Rolling Stone interview that this is bedroom rock - well - I could definitely see myself running home after school, throwing this on the turntable jumping on my bed through all.
This one gets a 3.5/5.
.5Check out 'New Lands' after the jump.
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