Underworld - Barking (Sept 13 2010)

I think Bird 1 is really the big winner on the album, especially if you don't like the "new direction"

Given a year now to absorb all the "changes" between these songs and their demos, I still think they made some bad choices on this album (esp. on "Moon in Water" which was incredible in its demo/radio form) but most of it holds up for me. "Between Stars" is still a killer.

http://www.borndirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11072

lyrics thread.

I have a theory about the song being about an autistic/enlightened boy. the 'he smelled time' line fits with that interpretation and from there you can make the rest fit. it's a terrifically vivid song lyrically but as usual, it's nearly impossible to extract any real meaning from the lyrics.

it really does call back to the lyrical style of "Dirty Epic" re: the whole lucid dreaming thing they do so well

I really never understood how the big line in "Between Stars" is "Everybody craaaam!"

think that's weird too but the real payoff is the 'you and spin on the outside of the earth' bit or however it goes.

hey, what have UW been up to lately? i mean the album came out "only" a year ago but they've been pretty inactive since then haven't they?

They were deeply involved in the Frankenstein play, doing the soundtrack and working closely with Danny Boyle to tailor the sounds to the action. It worked great when I saw it. They played some festivals this summer. The new Pig & Dan collection has a mix of Faxed Invitation called Geeza that's actually pretty good. UW attempted to do the Barking / collaboration thing with Oblivion With Bells but it didn't work out then. Think Geeza is from then. Pig and Dan did a few mixes for Underworld on their RiverRun Project 12" series.

blah, being an American UW fan sucks, they've never come close to the Midwest in the last 12-13 years. would just love to hear some more new music!

I'm in America too. They showed the play at theaters in some big cities. It was pretty impressive. Def. the best telling of the Frankenstein story i've seen. I'm not sure i'd recommend buying the soundtrack unless you really liked the Breaking and Entering soundtrack. There are a couple tracks that are good on their own but it's not very 'underworldy'. They also released the 'soundtrack' for Karl's art thing in Japan. That is definitely worth tracking down. It's called Bungalow With Stairs and it was released under Rick Smith's name.

Their tour rig is too expensive to tour extensively in the US according to their manager. I don't remember the exact figure he quoted but with everyone involved they need a certain amount of money and outside of doing a festival, it's really hard to sell.

http://open.spotify.com/album/6TK42CmMHuLZ0WyDWIP5Jm

I have become obsessed with the "Bird 1" remix EP

just gonna repeat myself here: "Bird 1" is fucking amazing

also I don't play "Between Stars" enough

looking forward to "World In Motion II"

but yeah Bird 1 is the pure stuff

Definitely a tie between Bird 1 and Between Stars for best track.