We gave you a taste of LP3, Ratatat’s forthcoming, descriptively titled third album in the form of the plaintive “Shiller,” a purring down-tempo bit that glides seamlessly into prog wonderland and back. Now we have a second helping. This one’s a clicking, more toe-tapping “Mirando,” which arrives in both image-free (i.e. MP3) and video (i.e. video) form. The video joins-in on the current trend of editing together found footage, here linking a number of reverse explosions, lasers, army dudes blowing through the air, shrapnel, and night vision.

Here’s the non-violent version to take when you go sec walkin’:

LP3 is out 7/8 on XL.

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It’s surprising to see how in touch the frontman is with music today, especially dance music, citing New York electronic dance music duo Ratatat and Scottish electronic musician/producer Mylo all on high rotation of late, especially Mylo’s ...
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The difference was immediately evident, even with the subwoofer volume dial spun up just a couple of ticks. Ratatat’s guitar-driven electronica album LP4 came through lush and full. I heard high, medium and low nuances in the duo’s synthesized and ...
Comments (6)
  1. it’s footage from Predator right?

  2. fuk ya it is!

  3. Arnold  |   Posted on May 25th, 2008

    Don’t tell me Stereogum didn’t know that the footage is taken from Predator. Anyways, the song is ok, however it’s not very danceable. So far their new album seems pretty
    “meh”. C’mon Ratatat gives us something to shake our asses to.

  4. I love this.

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