Justice // Audio, Video, Disco

Justice are doing it for team Ed Banger with their release of Audio, Video, Disco this month. After the heatbreaking news that DJ Mehdi had died following an accident, there’s one less pair of French wonder-hands to grapple with the gallic electro we so often love. If anyone was going to keep up the mantle, it’d be Justice. Following their benchmark debut ‘†’, their second full-length release starts with a He-man like wet dream. All heroism and might, it sets the tone for an album produced with comedy and inventiveness. There’s a flamboyance to this record, which doesn’t take itself too seriously; there’s echoes of glam-rock, new wave and infectious guilt! A couple of tracks from the previous album hinted at a more frantic, filthy direction with songs like ‘Stress’ and ‘Genesis’ only sitting comfortably when you were prepared to let go of comfort itself. I loved it. I was expecting them to push that further, like Felix da Housecat did with ‘Elvis’, but it wasn’t to be. If I park that, and allow the new direction in, that channels Late of the Pier, MGMT and Midnight Juggernauts (whose Vincenzi Vendetta features for Justice), I am ready to get all over the record.

7/10 Tiny Dancer