I have just heard PTB and would like to thank the Chems for such a flawless album. Every track is as interesting and fresh as Surrender (or even better), which I thought near impossible to accomplish. Precise production and use of unique sounds makes this one of, if not the best Chems album to date.



Please, make more like this :D

PTB is great, but i personally would like to hear more songs without all those vocals; still however, a very fine album.

The studio version of Come Inside didn't impress me that much, It sounds more heavy and flows much better when played live, still a excellent track 8)

dan_069 Escribi�:

The studio version of Come Inside didn't impress me that much, It sounds more heavy and flows much better when played live, still a excellent track 8)

I agree fully.I think this track would be made perfect with some mental drums. Laaavly bass though 8)

to much vocals on PTB, to little samples, scratches and breaks...

TheFlamingDead_ Escribi�:

PTB is great, but i personally would like to hear more songs without all those vocals; still however, a very fine album.

we still have a lot of b.sides to come = more instrumental tracks.

equinoxe24 Escribi�:

to much vocals on PTB, to little samples, scratches and breaks...

and you have to little brain

PTB is awesome, every track has potential to be the best and most original song you've ever heard.



It's a lot louder and bolder than Surrender and even Come With Us... this is a good thing except I miss their emotion-inducing instrumental stuff like The Sunshine Underground (a 9 min slice of heaven). I can't help but feel they've taken a step towards mass publicity...

Err, did you turn off at Left Right? What about Close Your Eyes, and Surface to Air for emotional tracks!? And Hold Tight London, it may be a house track, but the vocal really brings the emotion to a phenominal level.



I really think Surface to Air needs a vocal, there are several builds where it cries out for a vocal to drop. Maybe there might be one later, like Orbital's The Box. When that came out as a single, it had a vocal at the end.

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robot.mx Escribi�:

TheFlamingDead_ Escribi�:

PTB is great, but i personally would like to hear more songs without all those vocals; still however, a very fine album.

we still have a lot of b.sides to come = more instrumental tracks.

How is this??(What b-sides?)

Probably b-sides from the next singles.



Push the button is fantastic. It's all highlights except for Left Right. Shame there wasn't any acid children though. A surface to Air EP would be quite amazing. Short sentences.

Next singles?

TheFlamingDead_ Escribi�:

Next singles?

:? yes that little piece of an album in a cd.!!

Im not a fucking retard as you seem to think. what im asking is have any been announced?

GrZ Escribi�:

PTB is awesome, every track has potential to be the best and most original song you've ever heard.



It's a lot louder and bolder than Surrender and even Come With Us... this is a good thing except I miss their emotion-inducing instrumental stuff like The Sunshine Underground (a 9 min slice of heaven). I can't help but feel they've taken a step towards mass publicity...

I am one who's always loved their instrumental material - the real trippy, epic stuff that leaves you with a feeling of euphoria and longing. Push The Button is most definitely a louder record than the previous 2, but I don't think it lacks for any emotion whatsoever. What isn't said in sounds and melody is said in vocals, and the way the music is arranged is testimony of their skill as musicians who do what they want, and create a sort of musical balance between melody and vocals within the songs. The vocals don't cancel out the music, the music doesn't cancel out the vocals, all a perfect balance especially if you listen to the gorgeous Hold Tight London with the vocal that hauntingly drifts in and out of the melody and synthesized sound. Or even The Test, from the moment Richard Ashcroft starts singing and the way his voice, his instrument pulls you in to the vocal "I'm home and I'm free". It's just amazing to me how the Chems managed to pull so much emotion off.



I wish the Chems every success - because even with the success they've already amassed especially with Surrender, it hasn't affected the emotional level of their music and it obviously hasn't affected their attitude and, needless to say, Tom's wardobe (still see that he's wearing his tank shirt at the gigs!) Anyway, their music is still very real, very tangible, it's something you can take with you and something that has longevity. It is so nice to see them highly revered across the pond, they just aren't as big as they could be... as they *should* be here in the States, and that's a shame. It means less gigs for us here, less chances for people to see them in their element which is performing live. Mass publicity for the Chems here in Southern California seems to be nonexistant.

Ah but then again.... Tom has changed his yellow glasses to Orange.... symbolism intended? or just a fashion victim.... THERES a hot debate topic.