Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Cut Copy - Digital
Cut Copy are back with a follow up to their cult hit LP “Bright Like Neon Love”. In 2004 their energetic fusion of chugging indie and filtered Frenchy electro was relatively fresh. These days it’s the genre du jour so they’ll need to bring something new to this particular party to stay on the guestlist.
From the off it was evident their aspirations stretch further than the Digital-sized clubs they’ll inevitably be trawling for the next year or so. The new material swapped the incessant repetition of their back catalogue for festival sized choruses and anthemic, ravey production but sadly, to mixed results.
At their best they recalled the exquisite dancefloor driven melancholy of New Order and the bittersweet nostalgia of Phoenix or Daft Punk. At worst, “Pumping Big Room Commercial House” sprang to mind and their set occasionally evoked a cheesy chart dance PA from Bodyrockers or the like in some tacky provincial nitespot. Not cool!
posted by: Jim Brackpool @ 8:55 PM
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