Moby - Last Night (2008)

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The first thought I had was “Let’s see if Moby has done it again”.

My first impression of Moby’s new album "Last Night" was:

Noooooo. Bring back "Play"! What the hell, is this attempt at a new sound? Get rid if it!

Upon further extensive listening time in my laptop ‘CdPlayer’ program from the dark ages (we are talking 1998 here), amidst the mega whirring noises and cheap ‘insert favorite choice here’ headphones jacked in I began to find myself trapped in this idealistic too-cool-for-school artsy pop but musically well developed world.

I felt like I was living in an episode of The L Word. You know, with that contemporary 'in' music for those in 'the know' - especially I Love to Move in Here (particularly when you hear a girl yelping in time to the beat in the background which kind of sounds akin to an orgasm in disguise).

You’d have to judge that for yourselves I’m guessing, this is just my speculation. It’s the stuff I reckon Peaches would love. The keys in this track are awesome too, that can’t go without being said.

Everyday it’s 1989 has to have the lady who sang One night in Heaven from the group M People in it - it just HAS to be her, I am convinced.

Moby says, in his very retro fashionistic CD jacket, that this album was his attempt at exploring the last 25 years he has spent being surrounded by music and going out in NYC. It is very sceenster and very 'people who know people' if that makes any sense to you readers and listeners whatsoever.

The mad bongo drumming beats at the start of The Stars really gets any party goer…eh, well, going. It’s fast paced and dark and moody. The rhythm trips over itself and rushes on only interjected sporadically by a little slower paced high organ like keys section and some live audience yelling in the background.

Mothers of the Night kind of highlighted the album for me. Starts out with mellow rolling echoy beats in the background and has lovely lulling strings in the foreground which are taken over and made more dense by a deep resonating (I’m guessing here) cello. This song is up and away and going and leaving far too soon for my liking. A standout on the album for sure, though not typically so.

The bottom line is what you are waiting for I assume. The album does deserve to be on the shelves and in the clubs and in our 1998 laptops bopping and tripping and lulling and melodically soothing us into a happier make believe world where we all wear skate shoes, glow mesh and never enough blue eye shadow to maintain our fond presence on the happening door list at the newest sparkeliest club in the hood. 

RATING: 3 out of 5

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