Dr. Z
06-05-2008, 14:47
A quick review from me based on my first listen to this album:
Hold Your Colour was an absolutely storming album from the Australian-based Drum and Bass outfit Pendulum. A truly magnificent collection of tracks that combined to make the album one of the dance highlights of 2007.
2008 sees the release of their latest offering, In Silico. This album is markedly different from their last album. It is very much more of the singing and instrumental influences from their last album but at a vastly slower pace. My ear tells me that most of these tracks lie somewhere between 80 and 100bpm, a far far cry from the frenetic pace of their last album.
Those of you that have listened to the first single from this album "Granite", released late last year, could be excused for not believing that this album is much different from their last outing but that track stands out as being the only thing to touch on the magic that they seem to have lost.
I put this album on expecting a riproaring rollercoaster of Pendulum-styled drum and bass but what I actually got was a strange feeling of indie music with a bit of a beat. Think more Cooper Temple Clause than anything else and you wont be too far off. (In fact, the guitar riff in 'Different' is almost certainly lifted from Panzer Attack by the Cooper Temple Clause)
In my opinion at least, this album is a huge disappointment.
Hold Your Colour was an absolutely storming album from the Australian-based Drum and Bass outfit Pendulum. A truly magnificent collection of tracks that combined to make the album one of the dance highlights of 2007.
2008 sees the release of their latest offering, In Silico. This album is markedly different from their last album. It is very much more of the singing and instrumental influences from their last album but at a vastly slower pace. My ear tells me that most of these tracks lie somewhere between 80 and 100bpm, a far far cry from the frenetic pace of their last album.
Those of you that have listened to the first single from this album "Granite", released late last year, could be excused for not believing that this album is much different from their last outing but that track stands out as being the only thing to touch on the magic that they seem to have lost.
I put this album on expecting a riproaring rollercoaster of Pendulum-styled drum and bass but what I actually got was a strange feeling of indie music with a bit of a beat. Think more Cooper Temple Clause than anything else and you wont be too far off. (In fact, the guitar riff in 'Different' is almost certainly lifted from Panzer Attack by the Cooper Temple Clause)
In my opinion at least, this album is a huge disappointment.