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Having a deep listen to the new Orbital double A-side "Don't Stop Me"/"The Gun is Good"... and you know, it's really great!

"Don't Stop me" is much more integrated than the version posted here earlier... it builds from the analog bassline and chopped samples into something both lush and aggressive, something that could have fit on In Sides or surely Middle of Nowhere.

"The Gun is Good" has a crap-lousy dialog sample,though it's nothing too shocking, given the Hartnolls' penchant for cheeky and somewhat political statements... but the music is vintage Orbital - skittering beats, tweaked synth hooks, walls of layers. Somewhat reminiscent of "You Lot " off their last LP, but much more realized.

In short, the boys sound reenergized. It's not a retread of past Orbital moments, as was so much of Blue Album - it's building off what they've always done so well, but sounding new this time.