Reptilians (10-Year Anniversary Edition)
Latest from yet another band finding success in the vaguely psych, synth-loving wake of MGMT's Oracular Spectacular.
Following a marketing nightmare that saw the band change its moniker to Pyramid, then Pyramiddd, then back to Starfucker—and when they’re trying to avoid censors, they can still be seen listed as STRFKR—the Portland quartet has narrowly escaped slipping through the cracks, and has returned with its second full-length.…
Principal songwriter Joshua Hodges still makes easy, breezy songs in a synthesized pop style on Reptilians, but the cute factor is dialed back a notch.
There is a whole class of synth-obsessed electro/dance/pop groups that sound like they had MGMT's Benjamin Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden as their professors in rock star college.
When 2009 was all ready to be wrapped up and all the music-loving and internet-lingering people were compiling their end-of-year lists, I felt like one of a select few merely acknowledging the self-titled debut album from Starfucker. For all its inconsistencies, the album had its enjoyable moments and though many proclaimed the live shows were