Even though LP is almost entirely an album of funky beats and samples, there is something melodic about each song. There are no melodies per se, but LP will have you humming out the tunes in ways you could never do with your average dance album. On "Royal Gregory," for example, Holy Fuck follows a verse-chorus-verse song structure that centers around a singular synthesizer riff. On "Lovely Allen," the band manages to create a love ballad out of a reoccurring synth melody and a lot of background noise, and somehow it works without a single lyric or vocal arrangement.

Other tracks just make excellent dance tunes, forcing the listener to get out of his or her seat and groove. "The Pulse" takes the atmospheric loudness of a techno album and revamps it to fit Holy Fuck's own personal style. "Safari" mixes a hodge podge collection of classic Nintendo sounds and African drum beats to make a hard-hitting dance collection; it's like Beck on steroids.

If there's any complaint about LP, it's the album's last track "Choppers," which doesn't groove like the rest of the album. In fact, I'm glad it's been placed at the very end of the album, because the rest of LP works together well. If anything, "Choppers" would fit in with 2005's self-titled debut, since that album wasn't nearly as tight as LP.

They may not be the best known indie electronica acts out there, and you may not want to talk about them at Grandma's dinner table, but Holy Fuck is a band that may have a lasting impact on the indie scene. Without a doubt, LP is their best album yet, and may become one of the best dance albums of this year.

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