The Chemical Brothers - Further

[starfox203]

On first listen... It sags a bit in the middle but otherwise is their best album in years and years. Since Surrender for sure.

[darktrain]

Swoon is a bit Orbital, eh? (in a good way!)

I was on the fence about it, but after one listen through the album, definitely going to see them at the Hollywood Bowl in August.

[chems1919]

I'm still praying they will tour the east coast this August (preferably the Florida region...seems like they only tour NY when it comes to the east coast). I was hoping to go to the Hollywood Bowl because I was going to be in the area, but I ended up going to Cali last month instead of this August. Did you guys score some good seats?

[//\/\/]

just from the amazon snippets and comments here, i'm very excited about this!

[Jafs]

Kind of return to form as expected, but never as good as a Dig Your Own Hole...

[joethelion]

wow - this album is GREAT

I scored a promo leak of it a few days ago, then got the "Further - the Visual Experience" download today as a part of the iTunes pass

The idea of "no collaborations" is a bit misleading though... I originally thought that meant "no vocals" - which isn't true, it's just that they've gone back to using snippets of vocals instead of full "songs"

"K+d+b" took me by surprise, b/c it starts out so kraut-rocky then just builds and builds

...strangely though about the iTunes pass - you get the "Visual Experience" which is all the videos back-to-back. Then later you get each individual video (just seems like a lot of HD space)

[//\/\/]

that pass looks interesting - hope it'll be available in the uk store...

[chems1919]

Is Tom the one that's singing on the majority of these songs? The voice is obviously distorted a bit, but it sounds good.

[unwound floors]

Fucking tight album, a real return to form for the Chems. This year's been great for electronic music, and here's yet another example.

[stimpee]

This album sounds very chems. Could have been released anytime in the last 10 years. Its more of the same. Good but doesnt grab you by the balls.