Still, “Let There Be Light” plays out as its title suggests. It feels sinful to listen to “Let There Be Light” without first listening to “Genesis.” The former plays as a beautiful extension of the latter, and together, the act as the mind-blowing intro to Justice’s game-changing debut album. Everyone recognized there was something funk and soul inspired happening, but this new package it came in was nothing short of revolutionary. To match that deluge in and out with the sound your stereo makes between fm stations, and glittering sounds one might overhear in a space-station was just not a thing anyone did.
It’s common today for electronic producers to chop rough samples that rush by at dizzying speeds like highway traffic, but in 2007, that wasn’t a normal sound at all. This is what it feels like to fall in love in a dark, smoky room. It’s a picture-perfect love song floating above crunchy guitar and funky, echoed bass. There’s a delicateness to it we usually don’t see from the Justice boys, and maybe that’s why we like it so much. This cut from Woman positively shimmers through the speakers. Of course, the opposite of horror is “Pleasure,” although one will find the line between joy and pain is often blurred. It was about being raw, and Justice was the rawest of them all. But what in the hell was a dance duo doing recording music that could very well fit behind any murder scene in some B-movie thriller? In 2007, the rock-infused blog house movement Justice led was not about being pretty. The music video, directed by Romain Gavras, is an iconic visual to the track’s alarming audio. It is the sound of fear, the beat of your heart as it begs you to pick “flight.” It is simple, but very disturbing and immediately effective. “Stress” is exactly was it promises to be. It’s pretty, but not too pretty to deck you in the eye, which is probably similar to how Justice likes its women. Who needs vocals when you can make a synth melody the star? It’s mix of soaring highs and muddy lows sound like Justice uncovered a lost Gary Numan track and sprinkled it with some whiskey-scented glitter. It was the third and final single from Woman before the album’s release, and the first not to feature a topline. There really isn’t a whole lot to this song, but what it’s got is groovy.
And that total switch-up breakdown at the 2:45 mark? Very The Who circa “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” “Helix” is one of the album’s finest examples of arena-rock grandeur merged with the textured and choppy synths and samples of †-era recordings. Two years before Daft Punk released Random Access Memories, Justice brought life back to music through the lens of ’70s prog metal. Fans were not so silently disappointed when the duo failed to turn over another †, but the world of dance music had moved on, and so had Justice. Justice's Third Album 'Woman' Is Heavy, Vintage, Electro-Rock Glory: ListenĪudio, Video, Disco is somewhat overlooked, but it’s got some of the best Justice songs in the game.
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