Where I’m Going – Cut Copy Where I’m Going – Cut Copy (Free Download / Pre-order)

As far as I am concerned In Ghost Colours was a near perfect record. It was a flawless mix of everything I love, bouncy and playful, weirdly nostalgic and even contained a sax solo to rival David Bowie. Thank god Cut Copy (@cutcopy) didn’t try and make it again.

Dan Whitford and Co decided to go for a more trace record for Zonoscope, leaving behind the neon flavored beats for a more jungle thumping.  The hallmarks of what makes Cut Copy the global dance sensation that they are today are still there, in spite of the different inspirations. The beats force even the most passive of listeners to dance and the breaks are guaranteed to turn anything from a dinner party to a club into an orgy of ecstatic dancing.

Zonoscope’s brilliance is in the beats, the ever changing and always interesting beats. It is exactly what you hope a dance album would be. From the pulsing of “Need You Know” to the primal jungle loops of “Blink and You’ll Miss the Revolution”, there is nothing repetitive about this record. It simply keeps you dancing. Perhaps it is the off assortment of percussion that they used, which according to Whitford consisted of, “all sorts of strange bongos, rototoms, congas, 10 kinds of shaker, 15 different cowbells; anything and everything. Even wine bottles filled with different amounts of water.” Or perhaps they are just really brilliant.

The gem of Zonoscope comes in the beginning, with what will go down as one of my top track 1 side 1’s ever. “Need You Now” has it all: a fantastic build and a killer break and feels completely different form the Cut Copy songs that came before. It’s the perfect way to start an album that is so damn good.