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Old 05-22-2007, 05:56 AM
King of Snake
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Re: new chemical brothers album and tour
impressions after a couple of listens:

No Path To Follow
- well, just a little looped intro, not much to say about it

We Are The Night
- This is good. Nice up-tempo happy song to get us going.

All Rights Reserved
- Meh, this is not so good. Why do the chems insist on whiny out of tune backing vocals all the time? Maybe without that annoying wailing in the background it might be a decent track. The main vocals are pretty forgettable as well.

Saturate - Nice instrumental with good buildups.

Do it Again - Yeah I like the bassline too, too bad about the whiny high pitched vocals (again). Leave that to Justin Timberlake please.

Das Spiegel
- I guess it's the flute thingy but this reminds me of New Order. I like the sort of vocal giggle/screech effect that's used troughout the song. Nice bubbly happy track.

The Salmon Dance - Errr, it's quite funny actually. It sounds like it would fit right in on a Bloodhound Gang album or something (ok I kinda like the BG )

Burst Generator - I agree with Mike, this track is great, but feels somewhat slow. I think it would work better as a full-on dance track but it's still a nice "hands in the air" moment.

A Modern Midnight Conversation - Ah some vocal that are not annoying for a change. A nice groovy bassline, lots of echoying space sounds and some sitar in the background make this pretty classic Chems. The 80's synth sounds a bit out of place though.

Battle Scars - I don't know what to say about this. It bores the hell out of me that's for sure.

Harpoons - This sounds like it should build up into the big fucking huge closing track but sadly it doesn't. Still a good ambient piece.

The Pills Won't Help You Now - Well as usual this is in some ways the most epic track on the album. It's not the big banging dance tune I was expecting, but actually reminds me a lot of Radiohead. Goosebumps time Probably my favourite tune together with We Are The Night.
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