Battles: One Of The Last Jams Of The Summer

 

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First things last, Battles' show this past Friday was one of my ultimate jam fests of the summer. It's taken me a while to come around to navigating all the pitches and shades of their LP Mirrored, but that's more a personal thing than anything else.

What you need to know is that when these cats play a show, it's no joke. Actually, it's more of a robotically-enabled rock and roll concert with real people making real music that happens to be technically astounding.

It's not in a condescending way or anything, but they play for the audience. They want to rock you. And they do. You don't have to know where the sounds come from, you just have to let them hit you. Friday was the first time I've been able to see them play up close and after checking out how much WORK these dudes put in behind the buttons and on the floor (via pedals), it's amazing how the end result of all that tech and prowess is just great sounds.