The Love Supreme // New Millennium Freaks

I’m not going to even begin to pretend that I’ve heard of the band’s early influences – Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna (apparently Italian pioneers of electro) and Krautrock (???) – but I don’t think this really matters because after hearing the second track “Gold Dust” (the first track is more an intro) I had already made up my mind that I liked what I was listening to. I may not be the best person or authority to summarise the sound and style of The Love Supreme but all you really need to know is that they have catchy lyrics supported by an electro bass with an ample amount of distortion. It’s not rocket science to know that this style of music is quite popular at present but there is still a sense of integrity and originality with this album because they quite comfortably sit in a sub-genre of electro probably somewhere in between LCD Sound System and Modeselektor. I guess it would have been quite easy to have produced a slightly more commercial album (i.e. made it a bit more pop-like to help sales) but this would probably have taken away the edge and depth of the album, which in my opinion makes it more interesting and enjoyable to listen to.