Even the first time you hear Digitalism’s “BLITZ”, its first 30 seconds, swaddled in the fuzz of a poorly-tuned radio, will give you the unmistakable sense of an impending jam.  When it kicks off it really kicks off, with infectious, layered loops that almost immediately start stuttering and playing off one another.  Then, just when you’ve had enough, a new movement starts, and the whole party is kicked off another notch.  The entire track teases you with the prospect that more is just around the corner, each time delaying for a few flirtatious moments the next layer of infectious dance beats.  That’s probably a fitting effect for a teaser single like this to have, whetting our appetite for next year’s LP.  I’ll be waiting for that; this track’s sound never quite breaks free of the mechanical (unlike the other track on the EP, “Stratosphere,” which comes a little closer to justifying comparisons to Daft Punk), it hints at something even bigger around the corner.

Blitz is out tomorrow (Nov. 9th) on Kitsune.