Django Django
Django Django
Django Django's Django Django (as I will call it - primarily to be annoyingly accurate. The best kind of accurate!) is a good album, but I don't think i'd give it the 8/10 that Josh gave it for two reasons; firstly, because I don't actually like all of the songs, and secondly, because 8 is really fucking high!!
I suppose we have different weights for this sort of thing, but for me 10 would be the perfect album (not that that will ever exist), 9 would be a seminal album (album of the decade, etc.), and 8 would be an excellent album (album of the year material). I don't quite think Django Django's Django Django matches up to this. But I would give Django Django a 6 or 7. I will decide at the end. Just for reference, i'd say 'Good' albums start at 5/10. In my rating system anyway.
The songs from the album which I actually like, I really like.
Default is the first track on the album for me. It's their lead-in single and it has a great video (here). The track almost resembles a dance/electro-pop track (which is not usually my sort of thing), but it does it artfully. One of the highlights of the track has to be the cut-up and electro-fied refrain of the word 'default'.
After skipping Firewater (which really doesn't do anything for me), we get to the core of the album for me, with Waveforms. In Waveforms the electronic wave-like synths are joined by a choral and trance-like vocal line, which, complimented, makes this track a pleasure to listen to. The video for this track (here), is beautifully abstract with great circular imagery. My favourite part of the video has to be where their hands are in the circle playing the percussion instruments.
Default is the first track on the album for me. It's their lead-in single and it has a great video (here). The track almost resembles a dance/electro-pop track (which is not usually my sort of thing), but it does it artfully. One of the highlights of the track has to be the cut-up and electro-fied refrain of the word 'default'.
After skipping Firewater (which really doesn't do anything for me), we get to the core of the album for me, with Waveforms. In Waveforms the electronic wave-like synths are joined by a choral and trance-like vocal line, which, complimented, makes this track a pleasure to listen to. The video for this track (here), is beautifully abstract with great circular imagery. My favourite part of the video has to be where their hands are in the circle playing the percussion instruments.
Straight after Waveforms we drop into Zumm Zumm, with its catchy synth lines which give you a desire to dance (or in my case bounce around on my bed while i listen). When the vocals come in it just adds to the catchiness of this songs. All the lines work so well together, and when it drops into the slow section of the song it feels unexpected but really works. I actually had this song stuck in my head for most of the time I was out one day. Kind of annoying, but also shows how catchy this song is. Probably my favourite track off the album.
After another skip, we reach Love's Dart, which, despite its fairly upbeat percussion is perhaps the most brooding of the tracks on the album; particularly the vocal line. This song has some great harmonies, as well as some really interesting lyrics. Perhaps only beaten in romantic metaphor by the next song on the album, Wor.
Speaking of Wor, it was the first Django Django song I heard - at least a year ago now - and probably still my favourite along side Zumm Zumm. After the siren, when the rhythm kicks in this song really does sound like a soundtrack to some post-apocalyptic western. And then the lyrics kick in, which seem to be using nuclear war as a metaphor for a relations (or perhaps the other way around?) Another really great track, which I have listened to over 100 times. It also has an indescribably crazy video (here).
Last by not least (of the tracks I like), we have Storm.
Storm seems a more standard indie-pop song than many before. It doesn't sound as electronic as tracks like Default and Waveforms and seemingly represents an earlier sound of Django Django (unless I am mistaken, Storm was their first single). It is a very solid track, and has a memorable hook.
The rest of the album I usually skip, or only half-listen to. None of the other tracks really draw me in as much as these six. Had this been an EP of just the songs I liked, then I would probably have given it an 8/10, but it included lots of songs I didn't like, so I wont. I guess before people start making music based on what I like i'll have to become King of the World....or just go work at Pitchfork.
In short: Django Django's Django Django has some really good songs, but too few, and also far too many that really don't do anything for me. Still...I would recommend it.
James gives Django Django's Django Django - 6.5/10
After another skip, we reach Love's Dart, which, despite its fairly upbeat percussion is perhaps the most brooding of the tracks on the album; particularly the vocal line. This song has some great harmonies, as well as some really interesting lyrics. Perhaps only beaten in romantic metaphor by the next song on the album, Wor.
Speaking of Wor, it was the first Django Django song I heard - at least a year ago now - and probably still my favourite along side Zumm Zumm. After the siren, when the rhythm kicks in this song really does sound like a soundtrack to some post-apocalyptic western. And then the lyrics kick in, which seem to be using nuclear war as a metaphor for a relations (or perhaps the other way around?) Another really great track, which I have listened to over 100 times. It also has an indescribably crazy video (here).
Last by not least (of the tracks I like), we have Storm.
Storm seems a more standard indie-pop song than many before. It doesn't sound as electronic as tracks like Default and Waveforms and seemingly represents an earlier sound of Django Django (unless I am mistaken, Storm was their first single). It is a very solid track, and has a memorable hook.
The rest of the album I usually skip, or only half-listen to. None of the other tracks really draw me in as much as these six. Had this been an EP of just the songs I liked, then I would probably have given it an 8/10, but it included lots of songs I didn't like, so I wont. I guess before people start making music based on what I like i'll have to become King of the World....or just go work at Pitchfork.
In short: Django Django's Django Django has some really good songs, but too few, and also far too many that really don't do anything for me. Still...I would recommend it.
James gives Django Django's Django Django - 6.5/10
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