i don't care about if their future presingles are called electronic battle weapon or whatever they will name it...i hope, that they will do outstanding music in (hopefully near) future. also i am a big fan of their, i think masterpiece, CWU. so i would appreciate come again, come with us again (or simply CWU II). chemical7, whatever it will be, will stand for pure chemicalness...that's for sure.

ahhh yeah, and i also think WATN is a concept album (also PTB is, i think).

WATN=tales from the night...

PTN=clash of classes

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CWU=outstanding ;)

The Chems aren't going to go back to Come With Us. I think if anyone is expecting them to go back to how the Chems were a year ago, 3 years ago, 10 years ago... I hate to see or read about anyone being disappointed with the Chemical Brothers... but if you go into their next album thinking they are going to relive the past, well be warned you may end up setting youself up for disappointment. They've always strung along signature sounds and formulas that define them as The Chemical Brothers but they've never truly gone back and and made another Dig Your Own Hole, Surrender , etc.. I'm not really sure why they'd want to. They've already accomplished what they wanted to accomplish, and they've proven time and time again that they like to evolve and keep things interesting.

As for Electronic Battle Weapons - I'm with you brother_ging. Of course the Battle Weapon tradition is a nice one but if they want to release pre-singles and call them Electronic Battle Weapons or use some other name (maybe make a new tradition?) then I don't care. Just keep on making music!

I also don't see a problem with the Brotherhood release. It's not useless at all if you look at it from a from a collector's perspective (the box dealie with the post cards and 2 discs is a nice thing to have), or from a new or casual fan's perspective which is what the single disc release was primarily intended for. It's been said the Brotherhood is a re-jig and update of Singles anyway. The merits of the Brotherhood album have been argued endlessly before... The bonus of having the Electronic Battle Weapons all in one place on one disc was, in my opinion, a sweet gesture of fan service. And it's also a nice collective of the Battle Weapons seeing as the set feels complete as-is with 10 (to Ed, according to what sneakerbeater posted).

It's been argued (not here, but in interviews and reviews I've read in the past) that Surrender is a concept album although Tom and Ed have stated otherwise. One of my friends says Surrender feels like a concept album to him because it illustrates perfectly (to him) the day in the life of a raver or clubber. But anyway. To the best of my knowledge the Chems have never come out and said "yeah, that's a concept album, we set into the studio with a concept in our heads and these 11 tracks are what we've come up with" or something to that effect - although how the music is perceived and interpreted by the listener is a completely different matter. ;)

okok, bad explanation: the point was, that CWU will ever be my personal no1 chems album and for me it is a inner reflex to compare CWU with the others. i also love WATN, PTB, DYOH, EPD too(but in another way). yeah, now i think i wrote what i ment. :)

and don't get me wrong:

whatever chemical7 will be, i'll buy it anyway coz it will be a great (concept?) album and i expect something fresh and new...far away from CWU (and the other highlightalbums).

http://tbn0.google.c...s_7_graphic.jpg

Coincidence? I think not!

Haha, perhaps the starting noise for Windows 7 will be a chemical noise? (Similar to how older windows used a sound from Brian Eno, etc.)

Because many former Windows versions had crashing issues I could imagine a new fatal failure/error sound: "It dddddoesn't maaaattrrrr"

I think that Come With Us is a concept album too. The theme is trips. COME with Us, It Began in AFRIKA, GALAXY Bounce...the concept is to be elsewhere, because this album simply makes you travel...a masterpiece.

If they record another hip hop song, I hope it will feature Justin Warfield again ! Not Another Drugstore, not another town !...

I wouldn't say that Come With Us is a concept album, since it doesn't tell a story. However, you're certainly right that it is thematically about travels of the body, heart, and mind.

I'm looking for a new EP of them featuring 4 new songs (or 3 new songs and 1 good remix) that will only appear on that EP and not anywehre else. Oh, an it has to be released on CD and Vinyl - no more "digital download itunes fuck you only"-shit.

It's OK to release music as digital download - but not as an digital download only. How i miss Silver Drizzle on CD or Vinyl...

Agreed. I still haven't listened to those songs because I don't download music.

haha are the RIAA after you or something?

There could have been a nice juicy EP of stuff from around brotherhood. Something like:

1. Midnight Madness

2. Midnight Madness (Extended)

3. Hey Boy Hey Girl (Soulwax remix)

4. Keep My Composure

5. Silver Drizzle

Sorry if posted already, but just saw this on the Miloco site http://www.miloco.co.uk/index2.php :

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   Miloco Studios wrote:
   
   Keeping us busy in March, we had visits from the likes of Wild Beasts, Florence and the Machine and The Chemical Brothers.
   

   
   

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   Miloco Studios wrote:
   
   Recent Clients

   
   

   The Chemical Brothers, Jack Penate, P'Nau, Florence and the Machine, Wild Beasts, The Enemy, Little Comets, Editors, The Vaults, Die So Fluid, Rotters Club, Surf Beat, The Thirst, Noah and the Whale, Sean Kingston, One Night Only, Flash Guns
   

   
   

WOOHOO!!!

I don't know any of those other artists.

Woot for Chemical 7! Although, I still think it's way to early to expect anything new.

I love the fact that they're working on new material, whatever the release date may be. :D

Knowing that Tom and Ed are work onthe next album brings up the old forum member problem with every album in production. I will explain it in first person.

The anticipation is killing me! (Keep it going...)

Had to pull out the willy wonka quote on that.

Hmm March, eh? Anything special for Coachella?

I was trying to calculate when it was last album, that milco divulged that info and what the release date was, however, the forum postmarks aren't specific, i.e. Ed posting "2 Years Ago" that there were some new tunes and delicious jerk chicken in the process. But I'm guessing we may have a late 09 release (which would follow the traditional 2 year album gap), but it may be their third jan release. Who knows, they're not calculable and once you think you have the routine figured out, something will change it up.

I hope they will rework on Problem/Question (Animal Track) that better be on Chem7

Might be a safe assumption, but it may very well end up on a later release of not the next album. More hidden B-Sides!

2 Sleeping bags in the Engine Room! Working hard on 'Here Come the Drums' maybe?

Maybe they are working with Boyzone.