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UNKLE - War Stories
| Times Online | | The second Unkle album, Never Never Land, was quite a disappointment after their debut, Psyence Fiction, but War Stories represents a significant return to form for James Lavelle’s outfit. The soundbite review of War Stories is that it’s Unkle’s rock album. To emphasise this, returning guest vocalists Josh Homme and 3D are joined by the Cult’s Ian Astbury. The merging of rock and DJ culture – always a tricky one to pull off – works seamlessly here, epitomised by the opening of Hold My Hand, where a timeshifted sample leads smoothly into a thumping ZZ Top-style riff (although the guitars quickly become more Robert Fripp than Billy Gibbons)....full text |
| | Kevchino | | Compared to UNKLE's prior album Never, Never Land, their new album War Stories is more cohesive and has its act together, feeling more alive and sounding more like the next phase from their 1998 debut Psyence Fiction. With a cast of guests both random and talented, UNKLE are in fighting form here. With a cast of characters including vocalists Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age), Ian Astbury (The Cult), 3D (Massive Attack), The Duke Spirit, Autolux and Gavin Clark (Clayhill), the album is bursting at the seams with odd mixes of talent and strong songs....full text |
| | Los Angeles Times | | WHEN he formed UNKLE with DJ Shadow back in the mid-1990s, James Lavelle (founder of the influential English record label Mo' Wax) envisioned the group as a sort of revolving-door showcase for the stylishly moody trip-hop sounds Lavelle considered to be the music of the future. "Psyence Fiction," UNKLE's 1998 debut, featured Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Mike D of the Beastie Boys, while 2003's "Never, Never, Land" included cameos by Brian Eno and Robert Del Naja of Massive Attack....full text |
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