Ratatat at Stubbs 9/27/10 (I think the projections on the screen are from Planet of the Apes)

I saw Ratatat at Stubb’s with the crew on Monday night.  The show was sold out and we got there just before they hit the stage.  Thanks to “crowd sourcing” (If I told you what it was, I would have to kill you), the Jew and  I managed to have an awesome view by the middle of the show.  As usual I was blown away by both their musical talent and the graphics display (although a wee bit disturbing at times).

I hadn’t thought about the inner workings of LP4 until the Jew mentioned that he wasn’t digging it.  M argued for the album stating that it was more tribal than the last album.  I tend to agree.   If you are really listening it has a lot of the same ingredients as LP3.  This time with a little less synth and a gritter/primal sound.  There were drums and they actually had vocals on this one.  On top of that they used a some orchestral arrangements.

I did a little research and it turns out that LP4 is made up from a lot of material produced during LP3.  On top of that the guys added in some middle eastern percussion (which was great live) and a string quartet instead of the mellotron.  So in a way, they went “unplugged” on this one.