joshuatxuk Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 I'm not expecting much again, the last few albums have always had a few solid tracks, even if they were mediocre, at best, overall. They helped get me hooked on electronic music back when I was a naive teenager, so for reason I still always look forward to their new material. http://pitchfork.com/news/38336-the-chemical-brothers-return-with-new-album/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 My thoughts...exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 They helped get me hooked on electronic music back when I was a naive teenager, so for reason I still always look forward to their new material. I agree with the bolded part, but not the other part. I had enough with one album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Sounds pretty cool though, guess they have realised they need to trying something a bit different. 8 tracks, each with a video, and a DVD to go with the album. Their live shows have always been about the visual experience as well as the sound, so this could be a winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 They helped get me hooked on electronic music back when I was a naive teenager, so for reason I still always look forward to their new material. I agree with the bolded part, but not the other part. I had enough with one album. Yeah, I can understand that. Personally I think Exit Planet Dust and Dig Your Own Hole are classics, and about the only big-beat albums that aged with grace. Surrender and Come With Us had some excellent house tracks, but they started getting kind of dodgey (i.e. tracks like "The Test," "Salmon Dance," ) They still crank out solid singles, it's just every album since 2003 has been heavy on filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 Sounds pretty cool though, guess they have realised they need to trying something a bit different. 8 tracks, each with a video, and a DVD to go with the album. Their live shows have always been about the visual experience as well as the sound, so this could be a winner. I would love to see them live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crono3 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 awesome... I just listened to them last weekend for the first time in a LONG TIME and was wondering when they'd have new material out. We are the night was pretty mediocre, but I still feel hopeful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 awesome... I just listened to them last weekend for the first time in a LONG TIME and was wondering when they'd have new material out. We are the night was pretty mediocre, but I still feel hopeful! Wow new chemical brothers AND new Fat Boy Slim? it's like 1997 all over again! (why can't the good people of 90's being doing this? AFX, BoC, U-ziq etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 awesome... I just listened to them last weekend for the first time in a LONG TIME and was wondering when they'd have new material out. We are the night was pretty mediocre, but I still feel hopeful! Wow new chemical brothers AND new Fat Boy Slim? it's like 1997 all over again! (why can't the good people of 90's being doing this? AFX, BoC, U-ziq etc.) DON'T FORGET THE PRODIGY! Srsly, even Jimi Hendrix had a new album released this month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 i sort of love the chemical brothers. they were the first music i ever chose to listen to on my own with headphones. i also think that dig your own hole is pretty much a classic, a masterpiece, and surrender is close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Glass Plate Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I used to own all of their stuff on CD, and even had a couple of their releases on vinyl. Totally loved them as an early teen. I didn't even listen all the way through their last release was such garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 yeah it was pretty bad but there were a few cool moments. i think at the peak of their powers they were one of the most creative, unique groups to exist. their music transcends "big beat," i think.......1. they started to seriously drop off at "come with us" but there are always one or two pretty good tracks on albums after that. galvanize i thought was pretty bland, we are the night was slightly better for me. come with us was better than both of those for me - it began in afrika, star guitar, my elastic eye, pioneer skies, that one song that's in lost in translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest margaret thatcher Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 it doesn't matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Barricade Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 it doesn't matter fucking hell! talk about BASS in that track! its massive... edit: oh and PWsteal starts off EXACTLY the same as that track... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adamovich Posted April 2, 2010 Share Posted April 2, 2010 bass test Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GrandPopPoplock Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 New Track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqRsmffeVI&feature=player_embedded It's ok...could be better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 New Track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GqRsmffeVI&feature=player_embedded It's ok...could be better There was a lot of potential there, the lack of beats is dissappointing. Now it just sounds like a redo of "The Private Psychedelic Reel," only sampling something that sounds like the intro of "Baba O'Reilly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshier Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 you could describe that song with words such as rarrrrrr rarrrr rarrr ping pong ping pong ping pong ping pong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyern Posted April 6, 2010 Share Posted April 6, 2010 I used to listen to Chemical Brothers a lot years ago so the new album is good news. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the latter ones. It's ok...could be better Couldn't agree more. Seems like they don't exploit their songs enough, specially when the track its 12 minutes long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 6, 2010 Author Share Posted April 6, 2010 I used to listen to Chemical Brothers a lot years ago so the new album is good news. Hopefully it won't be as bad as the latter ones. It's ok...could be better Couldn't agree more. Seems like they don't exploit their songs enough, specially when the track its 12 minutes long. Ditto, they never do well with long tracks unless it's a 4/4 banger like "It Doesn't Matter" or "Out of Control." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted April 7, 2010 Author Share Posted April 7, 2010 Exit Planet Dust was a sea change for me. Prior to that, I was still pretty stuffy and full of Autechre and Aphex Twin and being as IDMZ as possible. This came out in my senior year of high school and that probably potentiated how much I like this album because it was a party atmosphere. I never "got down" with shit until then; was a shut-in brooding type. But, objectively, the "Leave Home-In Dust We Trust" suite that happens at the first of the album remains the fucking business. It starts with an "Ohm Sweet Ohm" sample for fuck's sake, are you gonna say no to that? That's why I've always respected them more than The Prodigy and Fatboy Slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureimage Posted April 7, 2010 Share Posted April 7, 2010 That track is definitely mediocre... sums up their last two albums and seemingly this new one quite well. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crono3 Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 Another track, Swoon... not so crazy about the video, but the song is pretty cool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCp_3zw-CxA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vamos scorcho Posted May 7, 2010 Share Posted May 7, 2010 same. i've been listening to "brothers gonna work it out" for the past month or two constantly. what a classic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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