
When the album is released later this month, it is likely to soar up the Billboard charts, get lots of radio airtime, and become part of the pop culture Zeitgeist of 2013. It will be overplayed, overexposed and oversold. In other words, exactly what you'd expect of a major label money-making machine like Daft Punk. And that can be a beautiful thing!
But I will trying to ignore the noise and just enjoy the music. To me, this record is like a fine wine, subtle and full of familiar characteristics while also introducing something new. And it will improve with age.
"Random Access Memories" fits perfectly on the grand historical arch of disco genre. At a moment when dance music had become about as synthetic and computerized as its ever been (see "EDM"), Daft Punk is resuscitating the type of organic instrumentation that helped to fuel the first pre-disco loft parties in 1970s Manhattan.
We are now full circle. And robots brought us there.
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