Thick with uplifting soundscapes, and a dramatically intoxicating rhythm section, ‘Latin’ is the greatly anticipated follow-up to Holy Fuck’s debut ‘LP’. It delivers on all levels, providing evidence that Holy Fuck have matured in their songwriting skills, and significantly benefited from the intense touring schedule that they inflicted upon themselves in 2008/2009, playing almost nightly. Despite still being slightly diminutive of their live show, this album is still a brilliantly epic adventure through the most emotively turmoil territory that techno has to offer, which if nothing, acts as a primer for that aforementioned live performance.
Lead single ‘Latin America’ is a darkly feel-good dance track with fluid, but progressive grooves that send you high, high up into some place like euphoria. You are allowed and encouraged to remain in this place through tracks ‘SHT MTN’ and ‘Stilettos’, which feature beautifully textured noise, and bass lines that get your body shaking like nothing else.
Despite the complete devotion to the medium of dance, there is a definite streak of melody and pop running through the album, which is translated through repetitive licks, drop-outs, often simple leading lines, and definite peaks and troughs in the contours of sound.
Final track P.I.G.S tips things over the edge, and reduce me to a grinning, twitching mess, itching to go out and see this album performed loud and live. I get the feeling that’s where and how this album was written, and how it’s intended to be heard.
9/10
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