These dudes have a lot of tricks up their sleeve. I love what they have done to his particular genre, and what they have to offer to others. It’s that retro-pop that your parents bounced to in the early 90′s but forgot to tell you about. Its that hipster jive that pumps the whole party up after someone drops “Midnight City” for the first time at one of your parties. And its the ability to melt so many differing sounds into something that just relates to the modern esthetic in such a way that it rewinds you back to why you enjoyed Passion Pit and old MGMT.
So it turns out that its some French dudes who created all these modern/post-modern tracks and melted your face with them. Who cares? These guys are geniuses. And they don’t mind showing it. With a 22 track 2-part CD, we’re given what we’re looking for and more. Its smart. Whereas most bands drop 10, maybe 13 songs, they’re doubling them. It just keeps them in the loop that much more.
What I truly appreciate is the ability to grasp the times within the suburbs of major cities and flair out to the esoteric modernism that the major music scene is going to be pushing towards. Its a shame and a sham that most haven’t brutalized this CD with the ferocity that my roommates and I have; its one of those non-stop players that just keeps pumping out of the speakers in your room. Its great… but the let down? The HBO show ‘How to Make It In America’ dropped “Midnight City” at the end of episode 5, and I knew it was all over. They’ll be even bigger then anyone could have ever dreamed.
Listen to – Midnight City, Claudia Lewis, Steve McQueen
