Röyksopp’s fifth LP, as its title suggests, will be their last – at least in a “traditional album format”, they say. Closely following Do It Again, their collaborative EP with Robyn, their latest offering includes a reworking of the already excellent Monument from that record and, befitting a final album, continues the track’s poignant exploration of endings. The best songs have a dark, brooding quality: the Norwegian duo’s once naive sound has evolved to a smarter, more lyrically resonant electronica, and if it weren’t for a couple of whimsical ballads, this would be a powerful, cohesive goodbye.
