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"new wave gone techno" had never really occurred to me but I can see that. terrible "brit pop gone techno" chemical bros tracks like "the test" are more along the lines of what I'm thinking of. admittedly, that's more of a stretch than your angle and probably a little unfair. underworld vox are definitely more integrated/fundamental to the band's sound than pastiche chemical bros tracks, but ultimately, they just both grate on me in similar ways.
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
To be fair I kind of liked "The Test" as well. so maybe my opinion isn't worth that much.
I guess I'd have to know exactly which songs you're talking about - "NUXX" is one thing, but I don't know how anyone could hate the vocals on "Dirty Epic"; it's one of the few tracks where Karl really gets to air his voice out and the effect is incredible. Also there's a bunch of tracks out there with cut-up vocal fragments - there's a newer tune they did, "Back in the Fears" which is just a bunch of vocal loops and a shimmering guitar - not something the Chems or any other of these groups could do. Obviously it's possible that you just don't like his voice but IMO he's better than any of the guest singers or vocalists that the other electronic groups got, and they've done a lot with the vocals that you probably wouldn't hear on the songs on Everything, Everything
― frogbs, Friday, 18 May 2012 19:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
I'd just listened to everything, everything, so yeah, "born slippy/nuxx." but I will check out "dirty epic" and see if it clicks w/me.
― (⊙_⊙?) (Alan N), Friday, 18 May 2012 19:46 (1 year ago) Permalink