The Brothers worked it out!!!

Stepping out of said delorian onto st-catherines back on a cold November night in 1996, you would have witnessed the 17 year old version of me waiting in line outside of the Metropolis, hours away from falling totally in love with the Chemical Brothers. A love affair that has lasted to this very day(in some senses). Their latest album entitled Further is as, if not more experimental then We are the night. Venturing into warm synths encircled by strange noises, dipped in bucket of soothing melodic songstress Divas and divos, then thrown down the well of fast paced mesmeric banter beats accompanied by the occasional pounding bassline, this album is quite the journey. They were once considered to be part of the very definition of modern breaks, and now... well, frankly, I'm not even sure. They still sound break-ish, they still sound fun... I could easily say they were under heavy influence when producing this album, but I think that would be a cop-out, and furthermore, I'm pretty sure they were under some type of heavy influence for pretty much every other album they made. No, I think this album is a continued adventure into the absurd, even toying with the completely insane(do sane people listen to this?). Um, it makes me smile, some songs are great, some are not so great, but they are still fun, and mostly, their production quality as always is fantastic. I think what this album does most successfully is not shy away from using strange sounds, odd pads, bewildering banters and PTS rhythms... My picks for tracks : swoon, horse power, snow, escape velocity. I would recommend this album to anyone wants to try something new and rather different, people who like the CB and those into "heavy influence". I give this album 7/10