I was a little disappointed with this. Not as much as with Digitalism (that album is a total disaster), but out of the whole Electro House Digitalism/SMD/Justice trifecta, Justice are the only group that really holds up.
I mean, the songs on ADSR are fun, and I loved them as singles, but as an album this doesn't really stand up. The album edits they did make the album WAY too short (it's only like, half an hour), and the only really cohesive element is the cheesy 90s throwback thing all the songs have going on. Another thing, which I'd noticed but hadn't really put my finger on until a reviewer pointed it, is the awful production. The whole thing sounds really tinny, which is strange given how great the singles sounded on their own.
Given that SMD's entire success is pretty much built upon the success of "We Are Your Friends," one single ("Hustler"), and being associated with the whole Nu-Rave thing, I wouldn't be surprised if they disappeared pretty quickly.
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