Listen to when the chorus of "Cloud" kicks in. "I lost myself," Casey sings, a few times, before singing "You can't see how because I am just a cloud." It's at that early moment on Fischerspooner's new release Odyssey that you realize this band is simply bad ass and that song alone makes this CD is an instant classic-not just in the tinkly realms of Electronica but in the entire pantheon of recorded music. No shit.
Filled to overflowing with catchy hooks, house-shaking bass-lines and fat and sassy synths, the appropriately titled Odyssey takes the best parts of all good records ever made and swirls it around in a vat full of cherry Kool-Aid. Rather than being derivative, Fischerspooner create a sonic tapestry that is unabashedly pop, but cool enough to not give a shit.
So how does it compare to their debut #1? Odyssey definitely takes a different approach. Yet it feels like the natural progression of the hideously talented duo. While there is nothing like "Emerge" on here, songs like "A Kick In The Teeth" and "Happy" slide out of the speakers like Jell-o shooters. All the weird noises and gurgling burbles that add a little special something are present and accounted for.
In the end, Odyssey is a wonderful trip that ends all too soon. I get the feeling that this record was extremely difficult to make. And like an orgasm after an all night make-out session, I am sure it feels fantastic for them to finally have this out and billowing into the ears of the people.
