Limited to 500 copies, hand-screened sleeve. "Following on in the same spirit to the diet-breaks marinated electronica of 2002's 'Vatican Nitez', 'Family Glue' is a lambescent collection of bright-eyed beats and EFX that should serve to further remove him from the Aphex shadow, this time hopefully for good. Opening with a melody as infectious as bird-flu, first track 'Electrostatic Bonj De Lonj' is a sunshine on the back of the neck romp through plodding beats and bleeping 808's that even finds time for a squeeky Kanye vocal sample. A similar spring in your step feel is maintained on the tight and taught 'You Set My Face On Fire' wherein Gene Krupa precision beats are layered wrecklessly with disco-funk bass and some nimble fingered synth action that recalls Daft Punk in their pre-sh*t days, whilst 'Glory B' splatters a crate-full of fancy cut & paste vocal narratives all over a clattering breakbeat and vintage Bombjack arcade. Topping all this off is 'Friendship Never Dies', the best 1970's cop-funk soundtrack you've never heard and title track 'Family Glue' which sees some of the DFA mob trying to persuade Juan Maclean and Caribou to get with the slap-bass funk.
