Justice
Audio, Video, Disco

I really hope this album can finally dispel the annoying popular saying "It will never be like the first one" because truly, no one expected a work like this. There's no point in reiterating the Daft Punk-esque inspiration or that of the now trendy retro-futuristic electro rock, especially in the French scene. Such a surprising album! Inspired, wickedly poetic, energetic to the edge of imagination. People haven't danced like this since the Manchester days of the '80s. I don't think I'm biased this time, given that Justice doesn't really fit into my electronic listener repertoire, but when you come across a second album of this quality, you can't help but opt for an enthusiastic review. Write what you want, for me, it's much better than "Cross," maybe even twice as good. It takes courage to reel in sounds like these if you don't have the leather jacket with "Daft Punk" written on it (by the way, is there a sample of "Brainwasher" in "Canon"?). They have a cross, and one should make the sign of THEIR cross before listening to this album. How did they come up with a gem like "Helix"? Or a monumental album within the album, in the long and exquisitely interminable "Planisphere" 17 minutes of intercourse between electronics and rock. The best genre blending ever heard. You almost got rid of me and my enthusiastic reviews due to a near dive into the Tiber, thinking I could fly to the rhythm of "Ohio." Too bad, huh?

Anyway, truth aside, this new work aims (also, given that I've already said everyone follows this "trend" now) at a blend between futuristic electronics and vintage rock. Needless to say, these Christ-like figures make a difference, showcasing a breathtaking range of riffs and synths. At some point, you don't even hear the electronics anymore. Space rock... nothing but Rock from a Kubrickian universe. Yes, I took a Bowman-like trip on the third listen. You were lucky that I stopped halfway, otherwise, I might have appeared in the form of a space placenta next to Earth, ready to birth a new generation of men... all like me! Can you imagine?

But let's get back to the journey. "On'n'On" evokes David Bowie-like sensations blended in a blender with Aerosmith and Depeche Mode, it can't be described (indeed!). "Parade" makes you clap your hands like at the beginning of "We Will Rock You" by Queen. The grand finale of "Planisphere" risks projecting you hung on that album's cross. You get crystified with that track damn it! "New Lands" is Generational Rock, a piece that has traveled aboard the Delorean to make us relive certain emotions of us men of the past (oh yes). How is it possible that you're still saying "It will never be like the first one?" It will be like the first one. It's better than the first one.

An unexpected surprise, especially for someone who only loved three tracks from "Cross"! So said by a non-fan.

Buckle up, oh lovers of electronics, and on your media player, set the cross-shaped option "repeat Justice's album infinitely." Your days will be over planet Earth. I bid you farewell to the beat of the transcendental "Brainvision." Goodbye humans....