Weekly Froth #9 (With tracks by The Juan MacLean, Los Campesinos!, Max Essa and more)

The weekly froth! A weekly take on six tracks, most of which have recently popped up somewhere in the blogosphere. Bit of a mixed bag with a slight leaning towards house, disco, and remixes, but generally just anything that for some reason tickled the writer’s fancy.

Track of the week: ‘Everybody Get Close’ by The Juan MacLean

I do love The Juan MacLean, I really do. Their live version of ‘Happy House’ is just the most awesome thing ever. For this, The Juan MacLean get the vocoder out and  they pull some nostalgic futuristic sounds (follow?) out of the bag. The Juan MacLean has always been very futuristic and space oriented, and this even seems to take that a step further. It’s a bit like two androids fucking to be honest, for between all the robotic vibes there is also this sensual groove going on. This is a track that you can be grinding on in the club, something you can get down and dirty to. I love that sometimes he speeds it up, so that from the getting low suddenly you feel your body propelled to get dancing again. It is just another stellar track by The Juan MacLean. Not a house anthem like ‘Happy House’ or ‘Feel So Good’, which were these very dancey ten minute things. This is a bit slower, a bit more sexual than danceable perhaps. And as I type this, suddenly I understand the lure of the title. There’s a duh moment for ya.

(If you want to listen to this track or see what I have to say about five other tunes, click here)