The Walrus - Music With Big Fuckin' Teeth!

12/19/2007

Top 10 Albums Of 2007: No. 3, Justice †

I'm not a huge dance music aficionado, but when I heard Justice's single, the crowd-empowering "We Are Your Friends" last year at a Philly club, I knew some exciting new music was on the horizon and that popular music is going to start changing- the crowd was going nuts as if a live band were performing.

Justice is the destroyer of true Rock and Roll. No matter how many leather jackets or tattoos they might wear, it will not equate to the soul lacking in their sound. At the same time, this is electronic party music- and if Daft Punk is the greatest thing since sliced bread, Justice is the jam.

After multiple EP releases on Ed Banger Records, 2007 brought us the French duo's debut release "†". This album is a sweaty hipster party on disc. The thuds of the enormous bass drum never quit as fuzzy notes pan their robotic-Disco with an apocalyptic/religious fever. A typical Justice songs sounds as if it's blowing out the speakers, no matter how low of a volume you listen. This in turn, gives more insight to Justice's live set as DJs. The stand-out tracks include the new-ravers' call-to-arms, "Genesis", and the majorly successful dance anthem, cleverly dubbed, "D.A.N.C.E.", which is 2007's version of "Y.M.C.A."

Start the party with "†" from Vice Recordings.