Death From Above 1979 solidifies once again with this record the shared ethics of promiscuity and dangerous indulgence in adrenaline pumping rock and club music.

From the duo that aims to be like elephants stampeding through your living room comes a dance-induced electro rendition of their bare bones, get-stripped-down gritty rock.

Out on Vice Recordings, the musical branch of the cynically genius magazine Vice, “Romance Bloody Romance” is one more step toward their goal of remixing all of their records.

Pre-remix Death From Above 1979 offers a refreshing gulp of abrasive simplicity and awareness of their niche in a surging independent music scene. Just bass, drums and hefty helpings of fuzz and testosterone, they thrive on the lack of worthless complications that bands often drown themselves in today.

With the help of their friends, their basement-bred music is jacked up and dragged into the strobing realm of a club-moving soundtrack. From artists of the remix such as MSTRKRFT to rockers like Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme, this album reeks of freshness, even with the four versions of “Romantic Rights” and three of “Black History Month.”

Following the release of “You’re a Woman, I’m a Machine” (2004), where most of the remixed tracks originally appear, “Romance Bloody Romance” is an example of the postmodern genre crossing in progressive music.

Death From Above 1979 aren’t ripping down and stomping on their own creations, but are, instead, letting other artists give them different faces and flavors. This is a record that faithful rockers and clubbing fiends can toast to.

One more thing that Death From Above 1979 solidifies once again with this record is the shared ethics of promiscuity and dangerous indulgence in adrenaline pumping rock and club music.

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