The second offering from DFA's Juan Maclean falls short of the high expectations set by last year's enormous single 'Happy House.' With its huge buildups and triumphantly simple piano chords, the success of this single may have influenced the rest of the album detrimentally. Many of the tracks rely on similar textural elements that grow tiresome over the course of the songs. On the title track, this leads to a lifeless bass groove with Maclean singing sluggishly about the future and other well worn Kraftwerk topics. ...
Following up last year’s little smash of a single, Happy House, Mr. Juan MacLean returns Apr 14th, with a sophomore full-length he’s decided to call The Future Will Come.
In case MacLean’s sunny new disposition is unapparent, he’s adding “House” to the upcoming LP as well as previewing the release with a sweet new single: One Day. Blissed-out with little synth attacks and, in what’s becoming a signature style, off-step drum patterns make up the rythm bed of this minimal ditty. LCD Soundsystem co-hort Nancy Wang’s sweet chirp interacts with Juan’s own mockishly deep voice as they tag team in what sounds like a take-off of Human League’s “Don’t You want Me Baby?“. Around the minute and a half mark the track intros a a lush infusion of mock violins, think early 90’s house, …
As opposed to Juan Maclean, The Juan Maclean is the proper name of the unit that features Nancy Whang (LCD Soundsystem) and Nick Millhiser (Holy Ghost!), making this a it of a DFA
For those of you needing a little disco (or a lot of disco) in your afternoon, MoMa has four hours of DJ sets from the recent DFA party held at the NYC museum. DFA figurehead James Murphy stays off the decks, but the rest of the DFA clan mix it up right with T&T (Tims Goldsworthy and Sweeny), Justin Miller & Jacques Renault, Holy Ghost! and Juan Maclean all offering hour long sessions.
The fella’s over at Mr. Murphy’s company have two new hour-plus DJ mixes to get you over the winter blues with disco, disco-house, euro-disco, disco-not-disco and discotronica by Juan Maclean and Shit Robot. Just don’t slip in the rain or snow while dancing.
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