Digitalism

Related Content

• First Five Bands Announced for Punk Rock Bowling 2012
  January 31, 2012
• Social Distortion at Marquee Theatre, 2/3/12
  February 4, 2012
• Youth Brigade's Shawn Stern on The Adolescents, Punk, and BYO Records
  January 19, 2012
• The Adolescents and Youth Brigade Represent Punk Well Into Middle Age
  January 19, 2012
• Bid Band
  January 19, 2012

More About

• Digitalism
• Trucks and SUVs
• Punk Rock

Like this Story?

Sign up for the Music Newsletter: Keep your thumb on the local music scene with music features, additional online music listings and show picks. We'll also send special ticket offers and music promotions available only to our Music Newsletter subscribers.

Privacy Policy Cancel Continue

Recorded in an old war bunker, the twitchy rhythms and hard synths that drive Digitalism's full-length debut are only part of the picture. Idealismis also shaped by its punk rock theatrics — shrill sampled guitar riffs bounce off both channels as keyboard blasts lap against drum loops. The German duo's mostly instrumental effort morphs sporadically, even breaking into a floor-clearing acid freakout at points. Those who tend to overdo it on the Jack-and-Cokes may find the grind of the Justice-sounding "Jupiter Room" up their alley, but they may grow impatient with a scorcher like "Zdarlight" — Digitalism shuffles this one into several pieces, with gurgling house bass lines at the onset before everything stews over a beatless two minutes. The high-end licks that launch "Zdarlight's" third section sound as if they were tapped out on guitar pickups with a piece of metal, and although lo-fi vocals sit oddly on some of Idealism, Digitalism's freakishness never much hurts the pace. This is sizzling, sexed-up weekend shit right here.