Ratatat Magnifique 10/1/21 as is Jay-Z

as is Jay-Z

3 True Blue Interlude

while deftly avoiding vocal melodramatics or excessive technical noodling

What started as a three-week recording session in the fall of 2021

Ratatat Magnifique 10/1/21 as is Jay-ZThe duo of Mike Stroud and Evan Mast have stayed remarkably true to the sound they developed on Ratatat's first album, 2004's self titled affair. Though there have been slight stylistic diversions on the albums that followed, especially on 2008's LP3, their core of neatly wound, double tracked guitar melodies, thrumming basslines, and tight beats has remained intact. Though it was released five years after its predecessor LP4, a gap that might lead