Pendulum - In Silico

[the mongoose]

This is a fantastic, MUST HAVE album! That is all. :D:cool::cool:

There's currently some XM radio and vinyl rips of a few tracks on "the Bay" btw; and an official 12 minute minimix on Pendulum's website.

www.pendulum.com (http://www.pendulum.com)

www.myspace.com/officialpendulum (http://www.myspace.com/officialpendulum)

[Dirty0900]

Really?

[IsiliRunite]

I heard this was garbage, and it kinda sounds like a half-baked DNB-Rock hybrid.

[gillenium]

Pendulum suuuuuucks.

But to each his own.

[the mongoose]

Really?

I think it's fucking great!

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[IsiliRunite]

Your vote has been counted once! :)

[holden]

I think it's fucking great!

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Err, this linkee no workie?

Anyway, i was just listening to Prodigy's "Their Law" hits cd and i do enjoy the Pendulum remix of "Voodoo People", but that's all i knew by them. Checked out their myspace...some okay beats and sounds, but the vocals = yuck. For some reason, i kept being reminded of late 90's metaltronica Pitchshifter, which is not a good thing to be reminded of. A whole CD of the like tracks might be a bit too heavy for my tastes (and the collab/remix with Linkin Park is a big strike 3, imho!:p)

[viddy]

The radio clips are kinda meh. Granite is f***ing dope, but they others don't quite do it for me. Booooo.

[Lx_Nen]

It's leaked, so I gave it a listen to hear what I'll be getting when the preorder ships.

I'm disappointed, even if it didn't quite deserve the mp3 tags it's been given (genre = 'shit') there's none of the open-minded 'bit of everything' feel that 'Hold your colour' had, just 10 very similar tracks, all in a rock+2 step beat style, all with the same rock guitar sound, and all with the same 'vocoded because I can't sing very well' vocals. What's worse is that the 'el hornet minimix' covers all the good bits - 'the other side' has a great chorus which is in the minimix, but the rest of the track sucks.

Having said that, it's not terrible. If this was the the first album by a new band I'd be recommending it, because it does have a unique feel... but as a follow up to such a monumental album as 'hold your colour', which had a dozen unique feels, it just doesn't cut it. From 14 exciting tracks on their first album, Pendulum have somehow ended up with 10 cookie cutter tracks, half of which are pretty much just filler.

If you've never heard Pendulum, you MUST hear 'Hold your Colour'. It's a landmark album that polarises opinion. 'In silico' on the otherhand... try the first single from this, 'Granite' video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQA1d0QQvf8 , and only invest in the new album if you want more of the same but not quite as good.

[dubman]

haha this shit is terrible.

[GoatSucker]

Loved 'Hold Your Colour'. This album is just an embarrassment.

[Rog]

swings both ways for me...................

[IsiliRunite]

Hold Your Colour got real repetitive, I wish it were remixed by a real producer.

[the mongoose]

Yall are crazy...this cd is great. Not perfect or the second coming or anything....but I really like EVERY song on the cd. Very rare for me to say that about anything. This album was meant to have a more streamlined rock sound from the get-go (check the old Pendulum myspace blogs) and I think that they've progressed from a dance act to electro rockers well (a la Crystal Method and the Prodigy).

Note- a treadmill will surely help to discover the pure fucking awesomeness of this cd. :p:cool:

[IsiliRunite]

Yall are crazy...this cd is great... Dude, I'm cheesing my f*ucking balls off!

The proof is in the pudding.