CD reviews: The Prodigy; Death Cab for Cutie; Ringo Starr
It’s been almost two decades since The Prodigy released their album The Fat of the Land (1997) transforming the “Godfathers of Rave” from an underground dance band into an incendiary hardcore punk monster and festival headliner.
The Day is My Enemy
Cooking Vinyl
It’s been almost two decades since The Prodigy released their album The Fat of the Land (1997) transforming the “Godfathers of Rave” from an underground dance band into an incendiary hardcore punk monster and festival headliner.
The Day is My Enemy, the followup to 2009’s Invaders Must Die, continues with the same frenzied formula of explosive beats and chaotic buzzsaw synths, and sees producer Liam Howlett and his two manic dancers/vocalists, Keith Flint and Maxim, back at their bludgeoning best. Howlett has described the album as “violent and angry”, and the military breakbeat clatter of the title track ignites the apocalyptic fury that doesn’t let up for the next 50-plus minutes.
Lead single Nasty certainly borrows heavily from the band’s breakthrough single, Firestarter, as Flint spits out the lyrics with typical menace over a jarring beat and distorted guitar riff. As with all Prodigy albums, the aggressive breakneck beats and snarling vocals can quickly become repetitive, but the sheer brute force of Rok-Weiler and Wall of Death will certainly pulverise the crowd at future gigs.
Kintsugi
WEA