Ford & Lopatin
'Channel Pressure'
Domo arigato, Mr. Lopatin, your disco fantasia rules
Last year, Daniel Lopatin's playfully caustic solo noise project Oneohtrix Point Never earned minor acclaim, as did Games, his just-as-mischievous pop group with Tigercity's Joel Ford. Now he and Ford present a concept album of puffy-shoulder keytar pop (supposedly about the year 2082?) that would give Alan Parsons and Mr. Roboto pause. At times, F&L rival Ariel Pink for eccentric sonic pastiche, while there's enough elasticity in "Too Much Midi (Please Forgive Me)" to hold up an entire generation's leg warmers. Meanwhile, Babyface-quoting slow jam "Joey Rogers" is meticulously concocted fun no matter what century.
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