I presume you are just as excited about Ratatat‘s upcoming LP4 album release as I am?!?!? Well you should be. If you don’t know who Ratatat are by now then you must have been living under some oppressive culture rock and are now partially deaf. Allow me to fill you in.
The experimental duo hail from Brooklyn NY (the epicenter of everything cool, see Penguin Prison) and are the defining example of electro-art-rock music. The breadth of their music means genuinely offers something for everyone, whether it’s driving bass to shake your ass to, technical top-string guitar work, or elaborate and beautiful crescendos that explode in a sonic wave of electromotional perfection. They are also known for their genre-defying hip-hop remixes of premier emcees such as Biggie Smalls, Dizzee Rascal and Kanye West. The group, in my opinion, are the leading example of progressive music-art and challenge the conventional paradigms of what a music collective is capable of.
Now that the homework is out of the way, their fourth original album, the aptly titled LP4, is set for release on the 17th of May and I am keen as shit to get my hands on it. The first track I heard was “Drugs”, which will surely be the leading single from the record. Drugs demonstrates Ratatat’s upbeat electro-rock at it’s best including sounds reminiscent of Daft Punk, Mid 90’s SNES games and 80’s thrash metal bands. Next came “Party With Children” which heavily features Ratatat’s harpsichord embellishment and whiny guitars that old fans will be well familiar with. Both tracks include Ratatat’s bizarre penchant for ambiguously sourced vocal recordings to initiate their tracks.
You can pre-order LP4 from Recordshop X here.
Happy Music 