Eneathedevil

Tri Repetae danceable? Well, Zaione, just because you take off in fourth gear with the noise of the dishwasher championed and amplified by the ghettoblasta! Anyway, for me this stuff is garbage, you already know that :P

Damn, I thought I lost you! Here you go!

Sure, you are wrong and right. Let’s start with the reasons: Discovery is an enormously tacky album. Apart from a few more interesting tracks (you’re exaggerating about "Aerodynamic"), it’s a collage of "middle school party music," quite kitschy and annoying on more than one occasion. "One More Time" is embarrassing, "Too Long" is even worse. In between, there are light riffs and a few cartoon-style ballads like "Digital Love." Now let’s move to the wrongs, because that's where the real debate lies: I kinda like it. This alone could end the discussion, but since I still have 4 minutes until my computer restarts, let me explain my reasoning. Well, these two rascals, whether they like it or not, have coined an unmistakable stylistic mark. Call it "naive house for teenagers," "kitsch techno-pop," or whatever you like, but the "Daft" style is a registered trademark that entertains and makes you dance with the excuse of being innocent. It’s a poetics (or for those who want to put them down "clever," but the concept remains the same) that is hinted at in the band's name, as you might have guessed, because being "dumb punks" says a lot about the type of music they can produce. So they take things lightly and that’s that, I’d say. I recognize an undeniable stylistic trait that all house musicians do not possess. "And thank goodness," you might say, but I could agree partly, as the house scene has never convinced me much, in the sense that I have always found it, even in less tacky episodes, filled with a kitschy quality (which seems logical to me). If we really need to talk about house and not techno.

Wasn't this one yet? Well, I don't mind the review: I agree with it. It has to be captured visually, and there's plenty to capture here.

...exactly! And Radiohead are not the gold of the Rhine. Anyway, while Funeral is indeed superior, let’s be clear, "Neon Bible" is still a good album. I never said it was mediocre.

Damn, you're right, and to think I've had the next chapter in mind for a while. You'll be satisfied, right. To that little know-it-all who acts snobbishly referring to some unspecified "someone" about the alleged patchworks, I say: I was a bit exaggerated in my overall assessment, but I'm not talking nonsense. I was referring to "No Cars Go," which was already present in the first EP. And when anyone picks up an old track, it strikes me as a sign of weakness, to the extent that I wonder: "But for what reason?" and the fear that it's just a patch meant to fill the fifty minutes of listening becomes substantial. As for the "Better Funeral or Neon Bible" debate, I would truly say "de gustibus" (No Scarrozzacarrette relationship): my reasons, if you want to know, refer to the fact that Neighborhood is in my opinion an unparalleled trip in terms of intensity and genius of escapism, the overall product is much more carefree and imperfect (but how wonderfully bad does Chassagne sing?), there’s a much more pronounced raw goliardiness. Here, everything is more organized, everything better arranged, and Chassagne sings little to nothing. I preferred the uncontrolled chaos of Power Out. In fact, you know what? I'm gonna slap it in the player now.

I completely agree with the first and the second sentence of the review. The first album by the AF is, in my opinion, one of the greatest masterpieces of naif-pop from the 2000s, in tune with the immense esoteric pastiche of Neighborhood, which dominates in "Funeral," while the second one, excluding a couple of very happy tracks ("Intervention" and especially "Black Mirror"), does not have the same strength, appearing here and there somewhat patchy. I have to listen to this, even though in general I’m not very attracted to the type of work “in minor” where a band changes its name and characteristics.

I don't know if you did it on purpose, but that alliteration in "rantola a terra tarantolato" is truly anthology-worthy.

Damn you and your limp, smelly feet...