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THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - We Are The Night
| Uncut | | Supposedly there’s nothing more uncool than an aging raver, but Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons wear the epithet with pride. Long freed from the constraints of dance scene fashion, they now gambol in the same playful, psychedelic realm as The Flaming Lips or Super Furry Animals....full text |
| | Guardian | | Approaching their sixth album, the Chemical Brothers may have felt like James Murphy did on LCD Soundsystem's Losing My Edge - that "the kids" are coming up from behind. With young pups Justice and Digitalism currently white-hot in dance circles, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons have a lot to prove if they are to live up to what their album title claims. They do so brilliantly on Do It Again, a subterranean romp with east-London hipster Ali Love questioning his hedonistic pursuits; and the Klaxons hint that there will be life after rave as the new Blur on All Rights Reversed. On an album already steeped in psychedelia, it seems a given that The Pills Won't Help You Now will be about a bad batch of ecstasy; this Midlake collaboration is emotionally taut and heartfelt. With their reputations at stake, the Chems have conjured their most brilliant work since 1999's Surrender. Losing their edge? Not a bit of it....full text |
| | The Independent | | For all the desperate acclaim accorded the first inklings of a "nu-rave" movement, it's undeniable that the house/dance/techno scene has suffered a drastic dip in recent years. The Chemical Brothers remain just about the only copper-bottomed prospect remaining from the Nineties big-beat heyday, and We Are the Night shows how much this is just down to taste and hard work....full text |
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