Label: Universal Motown
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 2006
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Indie Rock, Disco, Electroindie
It's been three years since The Rapture's full-length debut, Echoes, arrived on the tail end of the early aughts dance-punk mini-craze, seeming to bridge a gap between that now defunct genre's more electronic sound and the emerging guitar-based indie rock. Now, along with LCD Soundsystem and !!!, The Rapture stand at the top of this strangely wonderful hybrid of clubby dance music and a catchy bar band indie stomp. Pieces Of The People We Love consolidates this cross-pollination, deepening both of the influences, usually to good effect. Certainly, the album's best cuts, like "Don Gon Do It" and "Whoo! Alright-Yeah…Uh-Huh", find just the right balance between nervous, Talking Headsy indie-funk-pop workouts and dancefloor-filling, DJ-pleasing, hip-shaking dance tracks. A few songs seem to ride off on tangents, keeping the disc from being excellent. Still, Pieces Of The People We Love is a great record and will keep your body moving without making you feel like you're giving your brain the day off. Now that's a nifty trick.
It's been three years since The Rapture's full-length debut, Echoes, arrived on the tail end of the early aughts dance-punk mini-craze, seeming to bridge a gap between that now defunct genre's more electronic sound and the emerging guitar-based indie rock. Now, along with LCD Soundsystem and !!!, The Rapture stand at the top of this strangely wonderful hybrid of clubby dance music and a catchy bar band indie stomp. Pieces Of The People We Love consolidates this cross-pollination, deepening both of the influences, usually to good effect. Certainly, the album's best cuts, like "Don Gon Do It" and "Whoo! Alright-Yeah…Uh-Huh", find just the right balance between nervous, Talking Headsy indie-funk-pop workouts and dancefloor-filling, DJ-pleasing, hip-shaking dance tracks. A few songs seem to ride off on tangents, keeping the disc from being excellent. Still, Pieces Of The People We Love is a great record and will keep your body moving without making you feel like you're giving your brain the day off. Now that's a nifty trick.
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