The production duo Javelin have covered some ground in the two years since Luaka
Bop loosed their genre-hopping LP
No Más. They've carved out a niche uniquely
their own- a pastiche of live music and recreated samples played live – with a hard
focus on melody that pretty much makes anything they touch simply, 'the jam.'
So it goes: Providence warehouse parties to Brooklyn warehouse parties. Pitchfork.
Stop. Luaka Bop. Whitney Museum. Tours with Yeasayer, Girl Talk, Matt & Kim. Stop.
Remixes for Future Islands, Health. Production work for hip-hop moguls and pop
divas. Stop.
The National Weather Service predicts the appearance of Javelin's long awaited
follow up to
No Más in the fourth quarter of
2012. To sate you, Luaka Bop will now
put a finger in your yearning dyke.
Prior to the release of
No Más, Javelin issued two limited edition
12'''s with Thrill
Jockey. Now collector's pieces, Javelin and Javelin
2 were held to
500 copies each and
never made the light of a digital day. Taken together, the EPs contain some live set
staples and fan favorites including the ferocious
8-bit homage 'Soda Popinski,' the flat ass-popper 'Beyondce,' and the sublime statement of intent 'Radio.'
Listen now. It's preternaturally spring. Might as well be summer.
Take these jams.