RATATAT - LP3

Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 09:00AM
soundscapes in Electronic

For this third album for XL, Ratatat widen their scope so that all kinds of keyboards (even chopped-up autoharp, as on "Falcon Jab" and "Black Heroes") elbow for room among the video-game guitars that have thus far been their signature. Middle-eastern percussion (an Iranian drum, the zarb) in "Mi Viejo", "Mumtaz Khan" and "Gipsy Threat" avoids sounding tacked-on, and overall, LP3's expanse (attributable in part to their decamping upstate to the Catskills for its recording, perhaps?) could allow the New York duo to now appeal as much to fans of Air and Studio as Crystal Castles and Ed Banger hangers-on.  

Article originally appeared on Soundscapes - 572 College Street Toronto (http://www.soundscapesmusic.com/).