First thing - the Hadouken! album. Its great, if a little short - with a good array of songs from the synthy angst of 'Turn the Lights Out' to the radio friendly 'Mic Check' to the to the very produced and musically nice 'Lost'. The album as a whole has a great sense of energy to it, and whether you want to rave, work out .... or fit in with all of Radio 1's trendiest DJs. For all this greatness however it gives the feeling that by next week I'll have got bored of it, longevity not looking like a strengh. It also falls down a little lyrically, the first album was peppered (can you tell I'm hungry) with social comment and cultural references - which this one seems to have lost. But when you hear a DJ drop one of the tracks, or the band in person none of that will matter - which is were this album and band's strenghs lie. Great songs to dance to, work out to, not so great to lyrically deconstruct. All in all a good release well worth the wait and checking out, with a different sound, even if dosen't sound like it's really stretched the band.
Another track to look forward to is the new Enter Shikari track - Thumper. Representing everything that makes the band great this is sure to be a monster when its released and surely epic live. Lyrically it somes the band up
We're stick of the same old story
and is simultaenously well written. The break down in the middle and the accompaning synths sound amazing and hooky. Look out for this track!
Another great track is the Russ Chimes remix of Elle Goulding's Starry Eyed. Sounding great and housy this is the model remix - keeping everything that made the song but adding in new parts that suit it perfectly. With a great light and hooky sound I look forward to hearing it, or playing it, in a club somewhere :).
The new Lynx advert:
I enjoy having an excuse to stare at Keeley Hazel any day, but with a slogan like
women get bored easily
it can't be a feminists dream.
Laters, check out the album, and if you want to find the Elle Goulding track it'll be on the Hype Machine somehwere I just can't be arsed to find it to link it :).
