The chemical brothers born in echoes review
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The Chemical Brothers
Born In The Echoes
Astralwerks [2015]
Fire Note Says: The Brothers further toy with song structure when their best work is their most traditional.
The chemical brothers born in echoes review
Album Review: There’s a lack of finesse in the loops, a want for direction in the pacing, but there’s a density and a weight to the way the Chemical Brothers build a song. Born in the Echoes is as good a place as any to see what they’re capable of, and when they’re focused, that can be quite a bit.
The song cycle that starts with Kronenberg-soundtrack freakout “I’ll See You There” and ends with the sinister synth bleed of “Reflexion” is the strongest the album has to offer.
In between is Brothers boilerplate piece “Just Bang,” a rich a strobe light companion evocative of the Exit Planet Dust days.
Lead single “Sometimes I feel So Deserted” pulls off a similar trick, but suffers from one of a few of the album’s vocal contributions that fall a little flat.
St. Vincent is on here somewhere, but she’