Culture Of Fear

Culture Of Fear

2011 release, the sixth album from the Electronic/DJ duo. While never being pinned down stylistically but retaining a signature sound altogether, Culture Of Fear is just like all the rest. That is if you're counting on smart, consciously-centered music still bestowing plenty of appeal on the average listener. But the main difference is the energy. Culture of Fear's sophisticated lounge sound invites anyone and everyone to feel the music. It's only when you get past the satisfying, digestible shell of COF that you realize they really are feeding you vegetables under the table. Listening to this album is like cruising over a freshly paved side road with the blemishes and potholes representing anxiety and premonitions out of sight and out of mind. With more than enough justifications to feel paranoid and fearful in 2011, the future doesn't seem so scary when Thievery Corporation is interpreting it, at least not this time around.