Going on a moon safari with a pocket full of downers
by JLS "amotion" USA Reviewed on July 27th, 2002
Since Air's first album "Moon Safari", they have constantly become more dark and ambient. Although, this album is not nearly as dark and ambient as "The Virgin Suicides", it still has the same edge to it. Every song on this album is what a pop song would sound as made by a depressed evil genious that frequents jazz bars while wearing a parka. These songs are very poppy, catchy, and brilliant. At first glance, it seems like something that would be very radio friendly. Then the exaggerated vocoded, off-key vocals come in on the first track, showing that there was at least a bit of dark cynism that crept into the recording process. As the album moves along, the music stays on the dark side of pop, where vocals whisper in the background seemingly asking the listener out on a date (honestly...it sounds like it is asking you at on a date at some points...). Then of course you have the hypnotic choirs coming in singing the choruses in minor chords. It isn't until the song that holds Beck's guest appearance that the darkness lifts. But this is only temporary, as the album soon falls back down into the emotional abyss of dark electronic jazz. This is truly what it would sound like if Kraftwerk, Robert Johnson, Miles Davis, and Robert Smith got together to make an album together. Poppy, experimental, creepy, and somehow touching.
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