Ratatat - LP4

does anyone else besides me care about this?

at first blush it sounds like all their other albums.

which is just how i'd like it.

oh ratatat, never change.

how weird i don't even remember starting Ratatat - LP3 and also forks also said "at first blush" on that thread

things that make you go [doodly doodly ratatat sound]

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/14331-lp4/

kinda arguing from a false premise imo - that they are somehow trying to "fix their sound"

ratatat(n.1) and the hold steady were featured in a p4k column about 5 years ago for "bands to watch." the debut albums for both were given high marks by p4k, and then they separated a bit, with the hold steady getting consistently good ratings on albums 2 -- 3, and ratatat dropping back to mediocre ratings for albums 2 -- 3. but now their paths converge again, since the new discs for both bands received some of the harshest ratings from p4k i can recall for (relatively) high-profile releases (mid-5s).

signifying nothing, i guess, except i always think it's interesting to track an act's career arc.
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(n.1) every time i start typing their name it's like trying to stop a runaway train. i always start typing "ratatatatatatatatatatatat," and then have to slam on the breaks.

extremely consistent bands always get killed like this eventually.

ya. feel like they're being punished for exactly what i like about them

FACT absolutely adores this, "Not a perfect album then, but certainly one of the year’s most expansive, rich and frequently rewarding".

First thing I've heard by them. All very accomplished and jolly, but I can't really tell the tunes apart. Fine summer background listening.