The official music thread

Consider this the official music thread.

To start off I would like to mention the new album by Royksopp. If you haven't heard of them where have you been =).

Ok so they are a little more obscure then say, Brittany Spears, but honestly who here wishes Brittany was a little more obscure. If you've watched any of her reality show you know subtlety is not in her vocabulary.

Honestly I watched her show for a duration of about ten minutes, and only that long because I was to busy clutching the trash can as I dry heaved to be able to change the channel. Any way in that ten minutes I'm fairly sure she has completely skewed those stats they always parade around about how much more men think about sex then women - but I digress.

Back to Royskopp. Generically speaking it falls into the category of electronica. Some critics have compared them to Daft Punk or Basement Jaxx although I think that is doing them somewhat of disfavor even if they are remotely in the same ballpark.

They are a very relaxing, yet danceable, sonic wash of virtual landscapes with lyrics that float along the horizon. All of the tracks are great, although some of my favorites are "Triumphant", "Sombre Detune", and "What Else is There?". Of course with good albums like this my favorites tend to change over repeated listens.

You can actually listen to soundclips from the album, titled The Understanding, here: http://www.royksopp.com/ I found you had to click relaunch if you didn't want to put your information in, and then you simply look at the discography.

Their first album is also excellent entitled Melody A.M.