Ratatat
LP4
XL Recordings (2010)
why you'll love it - the shtick still isn't stale after four albums
why you'll hate it - it's nothing new, or better than anything before.
It's Ratatat. If you know what that sentence implies, you can just stop reading right now. Their 4th album is just the same as the last three. You can decide for yourself if that is what you want.
If you've never heard Ratatat before; it's like if robots made a Spaghetti Western film. It's a bunch of obvious in studio synthesized sounds stitched together with some fancy guitar playing. Some memorable compositions on here like "Drugs" don't do enough to separate LP4 from any of their other releases, but are still with your time.
I don't know how much longer the instrumental duo can keep up with this formula, but hell, I'm still interested. "More Ratatat?" I thought, "Well, pile it on." This album now rests comfortably in my music library always ready to entertain when the songs come up on shuffle. Enjoy now, worry later.
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