Back in the bloghouse era, every one had high hopes for Justice (also known as The Jousteeces). Ppl were all like 'they are the next Daft Punk' and 'their sound is so progressive. They will take over the world.' But it's been like 3-4 years since their last album '✞' came out. These days when u see a '✞', u think of a rapegaze buzzband. Now it seems like they 'waited too long', dubstep took over the genre that they could have steered, and now they are on 'the outside looking in' when it comes to the lucrative dubstep scene. I'm sure they will still make 'mad DJ $$$', but at the same time, they definitely lost tons of electro marketshare.

Anyways, Pitchfork gave them a 5.3, which means that they either wrote a 'massive piece of poo' album, or that they are completely irrelevant and no1 should listen 2 them. Wonder if Justice is 'mainstream enough' for a p4k score not 2 matter. Maybe there is a French p4k.

Should they have written a dubsteppy album?
Is their banger sound 'old and tired'?
Is Audio Video Disco the 'biggest tank' of 2k11?

Justice might have completely 'effed themselves over'. Did time pass them by?

Their new direction is precocious, brave, and surprising even if it damns them by placing emphasis on qualities-- arrangement, fidelity, patience-- that Justice lack.

Though it sparked a still-running debate about the duo's credentials, †, by accessing unexplored levels of sleaze and cheese, actually fit into dance music's long, proud tradition of not giving a fuck. That they did this in a rock context-- leather jackets; big live show; loud, terrible mastering-- seemed at the time reverent of peak-era Daft Punk but in retrospect appears prescient: Deadmau5 and Skrillex headline festivals, hellbent on teasing out the most seizure-inducing mix of lighting and music possible. In 2011 anyone looking to beef about "real" dance music stares into a smaller barrel filled with bigger fish.

They keep mentioning that the album is a 'prog-rock' album. I don't even know what the eff that genre is, but it sounds irrelevant.

In this way, AVD is a natural progression for Justice. Their M.O. is bold irreverence, and they've found multiple ways to express it. Still, it's hard not to admire their choice: It threatens to alienate their core audience while endearing them to a group of fans unlikely to take up their cause (or realize they exist). Prog-rock has long been championed by experimental music fans for its complexity and ambition-- it was outsider art that made the mistake of actually selling records.

Here is a definitive PAN line:

The majority of AVD, though, is cheese-rock signifiers dressed up as dance music.

Srsly yall, this album is an 'effing disaster.'

Immersing yourself in the record is an exercise in liking Justice as a concept more while liking their actual output less. There's too much space between AVD and actual prog to accept that Justice are committed to this direction. They spent all their daring on concept, with little to spare for execution. Even for a duo as image-conscious and savvy as these guys, there is little style in their reduction.

I wonder if their career is 'over'.

Is Justice 'more authentic' than dubstep?
Did they write a terrible album?
Is this album better than their first?
Does n e 1 still care abt Jousteece?
Will they become 'the next Daft Punk'?
Are bangers 'effing dead'?
Do bangers 'live on' within dubstep drops?
Do u think they are jeally of Skrilly and Mau5y?
Is this the 'death knell' of bloghouse?
Are they still relevant alt celebs or just 'random French dudes'?
Is this a dark day for French indie?

Justice

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Justice is a popular banger house electro group from France on Ed Banger Records.

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