i'm gonna go ahead and defend the brothers for a second after that
one-sided bashing. "The Altogether" isn't that bad. i am a huge orbital
fan from back the day (brown album is best, by far), and i think it's
really silly for someone to say "orbital fans don't buy this album" when
you're obviously talking to like 2000 people, none of whom share the exact
same musical tastes as you. it's fine to share your opinion, but don't
assume everyone agrees.
aanyway. "meltdown" and "waving not drowning" are the best tracks on the
album, imho. The former is in the classic orbital style of dynamically
changing, melodic synth dance epics, and the latter is one of the better
attempts i've heard at what i would consider to be "IDM-pop." There's
definitely a bit more chaff than usual (tension and tootled both suck, no
doubt), but i'm not writing phil and paul off completely just yet.
i also think it's weird that people are saying they thought "middle of
nowhere" was so great but the new one sucks, when i think they are VERY
similar to each other in sound and approach. i can't imagine liking one
and not the other - they could be on the same two-disc set as far as i can
tell.
nub
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