Battles – La Di Da Di – 2LP

Warp Records

Battles unleash their much vaunted third album “La Di Da Di” for Warp. Twelve tracks that, whilst sticking with the group’s trademark blend of organic repetition through playful melodies and seriously flexible drumming, continues the journey started on “Mirrored” and continued on “Gloss Drop” to excavate a sound built around infinite loops of experimental instrumentation.

Starting off with lead single “The Yabba” the group throw a curve ball through with a wall of noise slowly building for a few seconds before everything swirls into place and that synth riff that will be stuck in your head for days to come yearns into place and the drums gallop into stride with that twitchy, twangy groove. Its a proper banger this one and sets the pace for the rest of “La Di Da Di” perfectly.