70 minutes, 9 seconds

Front 242
Front by Front

Hard to believe these recordings are close to 20 years old. I remember when I was a kid (ahem, in the '80s) and would listen to the Beatles on the radio. In many cases (songs from, say, Abbey Road or Let It Be) the material was barely 10 or 15 years old, and yet that music felt incredibly distant. As though it had been made a century ago.

And here we are with Front 242 at their heyday. Sure, some of the songs sound goofy and haven't held up ("Im Rhythmus Bleiben," "Never Stop"), but others, like "Headhunter" and "Work," still sound fresh and exciting. To this old man's ears, at least. Wonder what 20-somethings would say.

Also today:

70:09 His Divine Grace, Le Grand Secret
70:09 O Quam Tristis, Funérailles des Petits Enfants
70:08 Die Form, Confessions
70:03 Nostalgia, The House on the Borderland
70:02 Sleepwalk, Retrospect 94-96
New arrival! 74:07 Displacer, Cage Fighter's Lullaby
69:57 Synaesthesia, Desideratum (CD 2 of 2)
69:56 Antigen Shift, Implicit Structures