The latest soon-to-be-huge signing to the unimpeachably hot DFA imprint, Hercules & Love Affair (NY based producer and dj Andrew Butler) has an album ready and bursting to go in a few months, although first we have to be teased with a single or two. “Blind” sees Butler collaborating with Antony – of the Johnsons – to create a sexily ambiguous modern disco rumble, bumping the best bits of Chitown House and NY disco into some futurist retro wet dream. It’s delicate, haunting, muscular, sweeping and stripped back, all at the same time, especially on the properly old-fashioned dub mix which features – blimey! – most of the song in full, focusing on re-working the music to make for a fully debauched early hours extravaganza. DFA – no wonder they get so much hype, when they deliver the goods like this – essential.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Darren Wall