new chemical brothers album and tour

[patrick]

i think it's a pretty damn good albumn. like a lot of the same stuff as mike, except that my favorite song is easy battle scars which is in his "yUk" section... very strange. i wonder why no-one else likes that one.

[Bargo]

I'm really not feeling this album much at all. The standouts for me are Saturate, Das Spiegel and Pillls Won't Help You. Salmon Dance is just embarassing, if they have to resort to gimmick songs like that to pad out 60-odd minutes nowadays, then god help them. Harpoons goes absolutely nowhere but sounds like it shouldn't. Maybe it'll all eventually grow on me like PTB did.

[m-nus_orange]

Ok, I quite fancy this mix of "Do It Again" that's on their MySpace page now. I'm hoping this is the album version, because it's growing on me and I'm starting to like it.

Same thing happened with "Galvanize." At first I thought it sounded like some total mediocre shit. But once the actual album version dropped it sounded more like a finished track. *Even if I wasn't completely satisfied with it*

Liking the album cover for "We Are The Night," too. Nice one, mate.

[mmm skyscraper]

The guest vocals are not that great. I like Saturate, Das Spiegal, and Burst Generator. Harpoons is ok.

I wonder what samples were used on this one.

[Tom]

This record is a limp, uninspired piece of shit, and anyone who hands over cash for it is either a) in denial that a duo who once mattered now absolutely do not, or b) retarded.

[mmm skyscraper]

I think the problem with Battle Scars is that it doesn't really sound like a Chemical Brothers song (Pills doesn't either that much).

[Mike]

*Update*

Yesterday, i decided to give Salmon Dance a try again without skipping...

Its very [COLOR=red]FUNNY![/COLOR] Its great for the humor element, i think they had a lot of fun making the track....

Check it out, try not to think 'i don't like this to be from the chemical brothers' - try thinking 'ah something different'...

Mike

[Mike]

Oh yeah,

I saw New Young Pony Club in Bristol on Saturday night - they did a DJ set in a small club there, didn't realise until i saw the tiny poster hanging up at the bar...

They opened their set with We Are The Night

Mike

[the mongoose]

No Path To Follow - dumb intro crap

We Are The Night - Good song, grows on you after a couple of listens

All Rights Reserved - Don't like the background vocal thing, nothing of real interest here. Meh.

Saturate - Battle Weapon 8, sounds great. Love this song.

Do it Again - Great gym/club track that does what it was intended to do, make you move. I like it.

Das Spiegel - Really dig this track, it's like classic psychedelic Chems.

The Salmon Dance - What the FUCK are they snorting?!? Mildly amusing, but I wouldn't be caught dead playing this in my car.

Burst Generator - Would've worked as the 'cave rave' song in Matrix Reloaded. Don't know if that's good or bad.....I'm thinking a bit of both.

A Modern Midnight Conversation - Nice dance oriented track that makes you tap your feet. Nothing special though.

Battle Scars - My ears fell asleep.

Harpoons - Mellow track that is too short and unfinished.

The Pills Won't Help You Now - Slow moody song about pills.....not the grand slam final track I was hoping for but it's got nice production.

Overall impression - C+

[Dirty0900]

Can anyone PM me a link for this? Or is it on most P2P sites?