Underworld - Classic or Dud?

the vocals are a big part of what makes this

love the vocals, the way they soar over the rhythm is just wonderful. and they've been stuck in my head for the past 24 hours.

VERY PLEASED, UNDERWORLD, I WILL BUY THIS ALBUM FROM YOUR WEB SITE.

Haha, only just listened to/watched Underneath the Radar for the first time. Fuckin hell, unexpected. Quite good though.

Easily my single of the year so far. Like the vocals too.

Yeah this is great. Easily the best thing they've done since "Two Months Off"

What a great song! Kinda sounds more like "High Contrast feat. Underworld" though.

Serotonin bottled

reminds me hard of the last Underworld video from 2007:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBLJuHDu8s4

(which came out close to this Fall clip that made me think there was going to be a new wave of clips of Old Men Blatantly On Pills)

Haha, only just listened to/watched Underneath the Radar for the first time. Fuckin hell, unexpected. Quite good though.

BTW chap, I dug out and rebroadcast these a couple of years ago (and some champ captured them for youtube), check it out (two songs and an awkward interview "live" on oz telly in 1988)

even better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cERBcJoc274

no Alex Papps, no credibility

that was really great! how come I have never heard of this band before?

(underworld I mean. gonna make like aeneus now. )

After repeat listens, I continue to think the song is A+ material but the vocals drag it down to B-grade territory.

It's still *quite* good, mind.

9.3 then?

Unsure about the song rating, I'll have to give it some thought since, you know, I totally write for Pfork and they totally rank new singles according to their 10.0 album scale.

Your lame post gets a 2.4, though. Would not read again.

and you are still one of my very least favorite ilxors

dyao have you never seen trainspotting?

search for Underworld on Youtube and look for:

Born Slippy
Born Slippy NUXX
Cowgirl
Rez
Mmm Skyscraper I Love You
Pearl's Girl
Moaner
Jumbo
Push Upstairs
King of Snake
Two Months Off
Dinosaur Adventure 3D
Crocodile

prepare to get psyched about these guys

check beautiful burnout too.

Doot Doot in Welsh

xps will do so asap, and no I haven't watched trainspotting!

and you are still one of my very least favorite ilxors

Hey, I didn't do anything in this thread except talk about the new song. The lame joeks were unsolicited, I don't ask for that shit or take kindly to it in response. And I couldn't give two shits if you like me or not.

I will say, though, you were on fire in that Herbert thread. Really funny shit, even though you and most people took it entirely too seriously, considering the entire thread was a joke.

I'd add Juanita/Kitless/To Dream of Love to Dan's list.

OTM re: juanita!

def a POX thread I think

dan doesn't like STITI that's why he didn't list j/kiteless

I liked Freur back in the day and picked up the first Underworld album, only to be deeply disappointed. Never looked back.

But these songs - "Scribble" and especially the live version - wow! What else in their catalog sounds like that live version? The deep "bom bom bom" synths in the latter brings to mind one of my all-time favorite albums from Rain Tree Crow.

I must reassess my attitude towards this band entirely.

Second Toughest is my favourite!

yeah I know that like almost everyone on Earth disagrees with me and I do think that the STITI songs work well live (in fact, randomly going to one of their shows in 96 was what originally made me start investigating them more) but the album doesn't do it for me

listening to born slippy nuxx right now and it sounds so familiar, yet so fresh

what other british electronic music making duos am I missing out on (besides psb & I guess electronic)

Welcome to ILM, where you can read mr. McBoing-Boing's writings about bom bom bom.

what other british electronic music making duos am I missing out on

if this means you have missed out on Orbital, please stop missing out on Orbital

*stops missing out*

you may expand the criteria to trios because I only discovered portishead this year

(there is a thread of Orbital recommendations and/or an Orbital album poll somewhere on ILM but my personal choice is In Sides and I expect Mr HI DERE will have some suggestions too)

Leftfield's first album still sounds pretty good.

xpost - In Sides seconded

if this means you have missed out on Orbital, please stop missing out on Orbital

^^^^^^^^^^^ YES ^^^^^^^^^^^

Orbital poll
^ some discussion of favourite tracks and albums here, too lazy to be more helpful as I am leaving work in 2 minutes (hooray)

GMBB: you likely will adore Beaucoup Fish so I'd start there, then check the others in this order:

Second Toughest in the Infants
A Hundred Days Off
dubnobasswithmyheadman
Oblivion With Bells

xp: God yes, In Sides, amazing album; really everything from Orbital 2 through The Middle of Nowhere is top-shelf brilliant and everything else ranges from great to okay.

you've already been extremely helpful, thanks aps!

Thanks, HD, much more useful than Stan's response!

what other british electronic music making duos am I missing out on

Orbital, LFO, Autechre, Boards Of Canada, Plaid, The Orb, The Black Dog, FSOL, Global Communication, Leftfield, Slam, Chemical Brothers, System 7, Spooky, Meat Beat Manifesto, Renegade Soundwave, lol 90s...

being a British electronic music making duo became a criminal offence around 2001 (and the likes of Groove Armada and Basement Jaxx may not be of interest idk)

^ helpful post to counter my dislike of this High Contrast ft. Karl Hyde business

wait what boards of canada aren't actually from canada? you just totally blew my mind

and for some reason I've always thought of meat beat manifesto as an american third wave ska band. hah. well, that's a very helpful crumb trail, much thanks!

Sorry, Gerald.

jesus dyao! ha

and for some reason I've always thought of meat beat manifesto as an american third wave ska band.

what the FUCK

like, really?????????????? I cannot even begin to comprehend this

TBH, for quite some time I thought Meat Beat Manifesto was an American industrial band. That's what the name sounded like to me.

And speaking of electronic duos, don't forget the greatest of them all: Yello! (Not British, though.) You could even say they were predecessors of Underworld's 90s style with their combination of rhythmic not-quite-singing, melancholy synths and absurdist lyrics.