Little Dragon
Machine Dreams

Eureka. It took me 3 years to open the downloaded files of said band, but I don't regret it because I probably wouldn't have been able to fully appreciate this awesome album that for some arcane reason few have paid attention to.

I'm to electronic music what Giuliano Ferrara is to track and field, so finding an electrifying album that I can listen to boldly is a very rare and gratifying thing. This one, moreover, goes straight into my instant classics. The little dragons move in minimal territories, pervaded by slightly xylophone-like keyboards, and forgive me if I can explain this so well. In other terms, biting and sensual synth-garage. What pleases me most, I have to say, is the constant gentle evolution of the tracks that keep the listener's attention until the end, fully utilizing the song container. Here and there, there’s subtle fun with disco hints: "Runabout," which, if sung by Janelle Monae, would be hailed as a miracle.

The fact is, it's a too cool album. Did I already say that? Who cares, it's freaking awesome and where it's not cool, it's fun in a cool way ("Swimming"/"My Step"). Apart from the somewhat pretentious opening track, the rest is fantastic. I could then write about the groove of "Come Home," about "Looking Glass," which would have been a boon for the B-52’s, about "Feather," which is worth more than any Del Rey doll, but it's no use wearing out my fingertips on the keyboard compared to listening to them with a pair of good headphones.

A must if you want to make the speakers vibrate a lot, to act cool with some unconventional electronics, or simply if you want to dance like an idiot.

Superrrr cool.