Review Round-Up with Bryan Menegus Battles- Gloss Drop Beginning as a sort of supergroup between former members of Don Caballero and Helmet, Battles’ much-acclaimed debut EP C/B EP was an amazingly fresh and skillful release, somehow so impenetrable and obtuse as to facilitate an only more entrancing listen. If EP C/B EP was a letter of intent, Gloss Drop is the fulfillment of all that and more. Each puzzle piece in a Battles song is reduced to its rhythmic elements in a quest for a more perfect groove. For a largely instrumental record, Gloss Drop never bogs down: basically, imagine if Ratatat knew music theory and came from space. Granted, this record will not be officially released until June, but this one’s worth getting excited about. RIYL: rock concerts on Jupiter Grade: A+

Review Round-Up

with Bryan Menegus

Battles- Gloss Drop

Beginning as a sort of supergroup between former members of Don Caballero and Helmet, Battles’ much-acclaimed debut EP C/B EP was an amazingly fresh and skillful release, somehow so impenetrable and obtuse as to facilitate an only more entrancing listen. If EP C/B EP was a letter of intent, Gloss Drop is the fulfillment of all that and more. Each puzzle piece in a Battles song is reduced to its rhythmic elements in a quest for a more perfect groove. For a largely instrumental record, Gloss Drop never bogs down: basically, imagine if Ratatat knew music theory and came from space. Granted, this record will not be officially released until June, but this one’s worth getting excited about.

RIYL: rock concerts on Jupiter

Grade: A+

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