Voyager

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Insound Staff Pick - 2008! Truth is, it's a happy coincidence that Walter Meego's sound comes out of these two guys from Chicago. More than anything they're worshippers of the "alternative pop years" between 1988 and 1994. They're counter-culture fanatics, creative renegades, and generally geeky in a sexy kind of way. For an act thats been putting out EPs and singles in true dance music form, their first full-length album was a matter of necessity. "We're pro-album," admits Justin. "On Voyager, everything fits together. It's from a particular period in time so it can't help but go together."

Indeed it does. The entire album is imbued with a cohesive appeal that belies most of the quirky, blippy, themey beat-driven albums of today. Album opener "Forever" channels The Cars and Nu Shooz (what??); "Wanna Be a Star" gives Underworld a wedgie; "Through a Keyhole" exhorts voyeurism, noir piano sounds, and paranoia; "Lost" punches fellow Chicagoan Green Velvet in the face.