Just listened the WATN. Superb stuff, The Chems most inventive album since DYOH without a shadow of a doubt. It's not quite as stark as we've been led to believe... "A Modern Midnight Conversation" and "Das Spiegel" are good examples of this. Definitely more synth heavy and electronic thats for sure. Most tracks wouldn't be recognisable as Chemical Brothers tracks if you just heard the casually on the radio.. I think people will re-evaluate their opinions after hearing this.
I'll be very interested to hear what Q magazine think after their hilarious "Same sounds in a different order" remark regarding PTB. Gobshites