Altered Zones

Autre Ne Veut's self-titled LP has slowly become one of my most anticipated records of the late Summer, as bits and pieces of it reveal slowly themselves. First there was Tri Angle's Let Me Shine For You Lindsay Lohan tribute EP, where ANV killed a version of "Bossy." Then OESB followed with a couple videos, firstly for "OMG" which essentially plays over the lead-in to some sort of porn (we'll call it NSFW), and now this one for the hypnotic "Soldier," which is appropriately paired with Luke Wyatt's disorientating "Video Mulch." This may be ANV's most forward-thinking song yet. While "OMG" and the preview of "Drama Cum Drama" on Myspace are easily traceable to R&B and synth-pop ancestors, "Soldier" is a bit more dense. Sort of reminds me of what Games remixing Balam Acab might sound like.

Autre Ne Veut is out August 31st on Olde English Spelling Bee