The Juan MacLean
“A Place Called Space”
In a Dream (out 09.16 on DFA)
If music was sports, post-LCD DFA would be fucked. Since James and co. shut their doors, there’s really been a vacuum of star quality at DFA, and there’s nobody at the label who can really carry the torch like they could. Luckily, this isn’t sports and who gives a fuck, because DFA’s “role players” are still capable of writing some brilliant tunes.
One of those longtime stalwarts, The Juan MacLean, have announced their long-awaited proper follow-up to 2009’s quality, The Future Will Come. Its lead single is classic DFA: a bubbling, Moroder-inspired arraignment and sleek, sly vocals from the unfukwitable Nancy Whang. Supposedly, she’s going to be featured heavily on In a Dream, and as everyone needs more Nancy in their lives, that can only be a good thing.
