almost barking, listen to the voice that says- alright.
So I know I have absolute gushed about this more than any reasonable fan would, but I must at least mention once more; the new Underworld is hitting shelves, in the virtual and physical sense this week, Monday for the UK and other enlightened countries and the US on Tuesday compensating for bad USPS turnaround times (that’s really the reason I kid you not). You have been warned I think three times now, which is biblical enough for my tastes. If you miss the record, discover it late or fail to appreciate it, that is no longer on my conscience.
I keep trying to figure out Cut Copy. I keep trying to answer the question how a DJ starts a band out of near boredom and somehow constructs sounds like this, continuity like this, structure like this. Anyone can listen to this yet EDM elements are prevelent throughout, if not blatantly so. Cut Copy manages to build a complete song, a song you want to play back for around 8 minutes, and then ends it at 3. “Zap Zap!”? Two Minutes and Forty-Four seconds? Are you kidding me? You could have carried that on for 10 minutes and no one would have called bullshit. Yet these records they’ve done, as a whole, as Cut Copy, are brilliant works, uncaring of standards in time, in what works in a club, other than that 1 minute or that 4 minutes will be the best song you hear that night. Just listen, just see how these young australian revolutionaries said- simultaneously- Yes we love club, but fuck 8 minutes and Yes we love pop, but fuck being mindless, fuck fitting in to anything. We’ll build our own place, we’ll cut it out ourselves.
I keep repeating Underworld’s “Always Loved a Film” (if you don’t like I really don’t understand how you digged cowgirl or downpipe to begin with) and Cut Copy’s collected works. My conclusions are simple upon both pieces: The EDM community has started to fight back on the mediocrity we’ve been stereotyped into. 2010 is a revolutionary period, so will 2011 be. Our heroes have started to burn, just look at bt’s last record. Some of our heroes though, are returning. A new Global Underground from Dave Seaman with an amazing playlist that will literally shake the ground. I am really excited to see what he does behind the decks as Mr. Seaman has never really let me down. On a complete change of pace, the new Jimmy Eat World record, “Invented” is coming out this month as well and looks to be a wonderful addition to their catalogue. September looks to be an amazing month for music.
Very simply:
The King is dead, long live the king.
Reviews to follow. In terms of life, optimism is thick and fast these days, I’ll leave it at that.
