Soundtracks: Ratatat, Classics

You're thinking we're listening to Ratatat's Classics because they've got a cool little wildcat graphic on the cover and you've secretly suspected the subtitle of this blog was "Things With Animal Motifs That We Seem To Like A Lot." But that's not true: we were sweating this Brooklyn duo's quirky, outsider take on electro back in 2003, their track "Cherry" is a leftfield makeout classic and their brilliant remix of Missy Elliott's "I'm Really Hot" (from their self-released tour exclusive Ratatat Remixes) would easily open a nogoodforme.com Thursday night dance party in our perfect world. (Or would that be a makeout party? We can't decide, but in a perfect world one shouldn't have to.)

The new record finds Ratatat still mellow, and they draw upon a wider palette of textures and sounds, although the super-processed guitars, organic noises and straight-up hooks still feature heavily in the mix. I'm totally heartbroken that their upcoming Bowery Ballroom gig in September is sold out, but it's totally okay: there's always the dance party in my bedroom, you know?

("Rule #1: Extreme backlighting makes everyone very interesting.")

Posted by Kat in Soundtracks
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