CFCF gives L.U.V. a strobe-lit 2010s makeover with a wink and a pulse

CFCF’s L.U.V. receives 23 June review attention, and the album sounds like Michael Silver has once again found a just-out-of-fashion sonic wardrobe and decided it deserved tailoring. After the Y2K-minded Memoryland, Silver reportedly jumps forward into 2010s strobe-lit dance-pop, embracing both irony and genuine affection. That double vision is what makes CFCF interesting. He does not simply parody nostalgia or kneel before it. He studies the surfaces, hears the emotional logic inside them, and then rebuilds them with enough taste to make the joke feel sincere. L.U.V. sounds like music for listeners who remember when glossy pop, blog-house afterglow and underground taste all started rubbing against each other under LED light. It may be stylish, but the feeling is not empty. Sometimes affection wears sunglasses indoors.

Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/cfcf-luv/