DAT Politics Wow Twist

[Chicks On Speed; 2006]

Rating: 3.5/5

Styles: glitch pop
Others: Numbers, Nathan Michael, Kid 606, duo 505, Lesser

I guess they still don't have any Ritalin in Lille. This being the French trio's sixth album in as many years, they show no signs of slowing down their frantic pace and song construction. Wow Twist vocals are tweaked, split, reconstructed, parodied, and melted into the high-frequency-sound-dusted glitch pop instrumentals produced by three laptops side by side by side. One of the primary aspects of this album — according to the press release — is that it's the closest LP yet to capturing their live sound (why aren't there more live electronica releases anyway?). Having not yet seen them live, I couldn't say for certain. This sound definitely lends itself to being better in front of huge, distorting club speakers, and at that, DAT Politics' intensely silly music is for me a sometimes music. You will move when this is on, one way or another.

1. Viper Eyes
2. Turn My Brain Off
3. What's DAT?
4. Gravity
5. Dizzy Zip
6. My Toshiba Is alive
7. Roll
8. Fake Friend
9. Wow Signal
10. V.I.D.E.O. Tape
11. Flea Wheel Fest