minotaur shock crept in through the backdoor somehow - i had tried to listen to their earlier output but without much success. but there is something very likeable about their forthcoming album. the music fits somewhere along the path that manitoba (now caribou) from electronics to, erm, pop. some sort of electronic pastoral pop. other bands that come to mind are daedelus and boards of canada. the first single, vigo bay, also reminds me of the ratatat's retroizing of hip hop. and daft punk - while i used to like them. another great summer tune. the album is a bit uneven but at the very least it is inventive and considering i wasn't willing to cut this band a lot of slack it is a pleasant pleasant surprise.
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