WhiteNoise, on 11 December 2014 - 9:39 PM, said:

Whahahahahahahaha

wrclaguna, on 22 November 2014 - 4:00 PM, said:

Same for me. I was introduced on a party in 1993 to the Chemical Brothers and been listening to them ever since. And I've got a great vinyl and cd collection of all their music. And hopingto add a lot in the future. But the future is starting to look a bit bleak

Csar, on 22 November 2014 - 11:19 AM, said:

I just can't see Tom touring alone. Ed seems to have a low profile on stage but he is the single guy who likes a party. Tom is the family guy with wife and kids not partying all night long. I don't think Tom will endure a long tour without his follow Chemical Brother. Maybe if Ed won't be on this tour but he will be on the next who knows.
But if Ed end his study and becomes an therapist will he be the doctor or the musician? I think Ed will be wanting to make music before his "practice" starts doing well. I can see him working with people with problmes but also helping musicians coping with becoming famous or something like that. And I hope he will do well in his new profession.
But to see Tom and Ed releasing more albums in the future? It will be at least 5 years between Further and Chemical 8. Never has there been that much time between albums. Tom has been doing solo stuff since 2011 (his RAR remix for I Break Horses) and he will be doing this is the future. He will become a more of a producer or even a Jean Michel Jarre kind of artist.

Don't get me wrong. I hope I'm wrong and that Tom and Ed will be making albums by the time I'm old an gray and I will be talking my walker to a gig. But like Whirly said, only bands like the Stones will be going on till the ends of time. There will be a time when the Chemical Brothers will end, and I don't think they will announce it, it will just happen.
Not like the Prodigy they will end explosively on stage and that will be the end of it. But that's the differnce between the bands.

I'll be greatfull for any new music in the future and will be going to the gigs as much as I can. onward and forward!

Respect for Ed's choice. As it is very smart of him to get educated for a profession after the music ends. He will succeed in his future.

But it's a sad day for the Chemical Brothers fan. It won't be the same on stage without Ed. Just the little high fives and huggs between Tom and Ed during intermission and the end of the show made the electronic music human. And Ed jumping from behind the desk and winding up the audience isn't going to happen anymore.
Though the show will be great with Adam still araging the visuals and Tom on the buttons. And there is some great material ready for the new show. So I hope to hear Chemical 8 soon and to see Tom in Holland.

But:

whirlygirl, on 15 November 2014 - 2:00 AM, said:

No, I don't think so. Tom being a family man, being away from home for a long time, I think he will be missing his fellow brother for a long tour. I think it will be the end of the Chemical Brothers after 25 years. Although it won't be the end of the music from RAR studios...

I have been listening to it on headphones before giving final judgement.
Offcourse I got very excited by the notion of an new Chemical Brothers track. That it is produced for an soundtrack doesn't have to be a bad thing. I favor Keep my composure on the Heroes soundtrack over the Brotherhood edit.
But This is not a game feels easy. Miquel is incredibly bad in delivering his lyrics and the beats during the verse are from a tuned done Scale. But the idea of a Lorde colab is great and the beats on the chorus are amazingly phat.
So this sounds to me a lot like an easy song made for a soundtrack, trying to bring the music to new, young people, keeping (some of) the fans happy with the phat beats, hinting on what is coming in the near future.
And that's ok in my book.