Pitchfork

The future may be perfect, but it sure does come slowly. Los Angeles space-rockers Autolux released debut Future Perfect back in 2004, and they've only recently posted the first selection from their follow-up, the forthcoming Transit Transit. The new song, "Audience No. 2", isn't exactly the sort of thing for MySpace's crappy audio streams-- sure, it's got a big, simple melody right up in front, but as on Transit Transit songs such as "Turnstile Blues", the tune is still attacked from all sides by screeching Sonic Youth guitar atmospherics, not to mention Carla Azar's forceful drumming. It's probably for the best that there's so much to draw attention away from the lyrics: "I am your vegetable," sings bassist Eugene Goreshte. Then the dynamics go up a notch for a crashing, falsetto-sung chorus, the song's Ponys-like haze a reminder that if, as some critics are saying, a 1990s revival is inevitable after the recent endless 80s binge, it's been here for a while. Kind of like Future Perfect.

Stream:> Autolux: "Audience No. 2"
[from Transit Transit; due 2008]