Friday, May 24, 2013

#891 The Juan Maclean - The Future Will Come

Detached, repetitive, discodancy new wave, firmly in the DFA style (think The Rapture, LCD), with shades of Human League in the boy/girl handoffs.

The retro synths, moogs et al. flow insistently, dropping in and out at the only moments they could, evolving enough to keep it interesting over the course of the album, but staying consistent enough to stay locked into the detached dance party groove. While it lacks the emotional undercurrent of Maclean's DFA-mates, The Future Will Come benefits from its singular focus on the line and the beat, hammering out a uniquely icy kind of cool 3.5/5

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