If we are to sustain ourselves as a species we must procreate. It is the simplest, most elemental truth, something known as clearly in the fiber or our bones as it is in our brains. While actual procreation ie. pregnancy equals social / professional suicide in the brains of most party goers, the primal urge remains. Nic Offer knows this and he isn't afraid.
Myth Takes is !!!'s most swaggering, driven, sexual album yet and, it should come as no surprise, most danceable. Previous outings teeter-totter on the dance/rock fulcrum, tipping more frequently on the rock side of things with an inclination for dance. This disc falls solidly on the dance floor ready to rock.
Offer's charismatic performance oohs, groans, and yelps up a Purple Rain-worthy lather with plenty of solid funk, rhythm, bass and hand-claps to lock down the loose guitars. And the more obvious presence of a few digital elements and machined beats finally makes sense of their spot on Warp Records, an indie electronic/dance/noise label if ever there was.
Highlights for me include "Must Be the Moon," "Yadnus" and "Bend Over Beethoven." Dance. Rock. Sex. Repeat.
