Slowly Learning...

So this isn't so much a review of the new Daft Punk album as much as it is my own little rant (positive) about Daft Punk as a whole. I've always had a special place for Daft Punk in my heart, going way back to Homework even, and it continues to this day. But it's not like their music is all that great. It is, however, extremely entertaining. The other thing that I appreciate about Daft Punk is the constant growth. Many of you have heard my rants about how U2 are overrated reprocessed crap, and that their only real good album was when they actually tried something different (Pop). Well Daft Punk is on the other end of that. Just look at their 3 main albums (I'm not counting Daft Club here, it's just remixs)...

Homework - A fantastic openning album for the group. It's darker, deeper, and has a very bassy feel to it. It's very well put together and probably, in my mind, the best produced and put together of the three.

Discovery - Their second go around is still my favorite. However, this is easily the lowest on the musical quality scale (come on people, it was basically disco!), but it was also the most fun. Maybe I might be slightly biased too since it brings back great memories from Spring break in California, but it's still my favorite.

Human After All - Still haven't gotten fully into this one (I only got it about a week and a half ago) but it's definitely a new turn for the band. It's got much more of an electronic edge to it, with a little bit of that disco-y feel of Discovery underneath. From what I've gotten so far from the album, it's almost like a combination of Homework and Discovery, but with a whole new sound to it. If it wasn't the most modern sounding of the bunch I'd almost say it was the bridge album between the other two.

In the end though, each release from Daft Punk has gone in a completely new direction from where they seemed to be heading. They seem to constantly evolve and change (to the times and to their own personal whims) which makes every new release fresh and new. Not stale and old like everything someone like U2 has put out in the last 20 years. Daft Punk is Radiohead, plus a more electronical feel, minus some of the musical talent, minus some of the rock feel.

PS - In case you couldn't tell I'd reccommend all three Daft Punk albums to anyone, as well as every Radiohead album (I guess you could skip Pablo Honey if you wanted to), and I'd avoid all U2 (except Pop).