Wild departure from planet rock in the direction of electro-alt-pop.
In times of shorter attention spans and diminishing returns from streaming, bands need to find new ways to keep their audience engaged. The Brits of Django Django are doing what Beach House did last year on their fifth album: four EPs in as many months. This is how you keep interest at a constantly high level – at least that’s the assumption. But there’s another reason why this strategy makes sense in the case of OFF PLANET: the album is more of a compilation or DJ set than a stringent work.
Mainly written and produced by drummer David Maclean, alongside mostly electronic beats between breakbeat, relaxed house and 90s hip-hop, there are countless, very different guests: Self Esteem lends their pop magic, psychedelic folk, to the ultra-catchy “Complete Me”. -Band Stealing Sheep takes “Dead Machine” into their dreamy world with chilling harmonies and the Japanese rapper Yuuko gives the percussive “Don’t Touch That Dial” a lot of chaotic energy. That Django Django actually are (or were?) an indie rock band can only be guessed from one or two songs. But there’s enough of that anyway.
Author: Elias Pietsch