Posted 10 December 2006 - 1:38 AM
Wow. These tracks represent a major departure from what we've heard before. I was listening to them on my mp3 player on a quiet walk tonight and it was hard associating the sound with the band! That said, they seem to be following a trend I noticed since Push The Button. This trend seems to be peeling back the layers and creating a leaner, meaner, tighter, more broody and futuristic sound. However, this progression seems to almost uncosciously soundtrack these uncertain times. Have we ever had "certain" times methinks?
The bros also seem to have changed the way they make their songs, abandoning the ABC verse/chorus form in favour of a constant "base" rhythm and melody which they develop additively or subtractively. Sorry if that's over analysing or pure shite talk, maybe it's all this chinese food I've wolfed down my chute tonight :-)