A lot of people are getting very excited about the new SMD album, which features contributions from a bevy of excellent vocalists, including Gossip's Beth Ditto, Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor and, on first single 'Audacity Of Huge', Chris Keating of New Yorkers Yeasayer, who produced one of 2007/08's finest albums in 'All Hour Cymbals'. Name-dropping everyone from Bill Murray to Pete Tosh, it's an underwhelming dance track that has a red herring intro where Keating repeats "Huge" despite any 'huge' beats ever dropping. More impressive are the contributions from Taylor and Ditto, with 'Bad Blood' featuring Taylor sounding like a haunted Hot Chip offshoot and Ditto's vocals filling out 'Cruel Intentions' nicely, proving herself ideally suited to dance music. Head to Hype Machine to sample the lot.
Aug 5, 2009
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Approved: Simian Mobile Disco (SNAP Of The Day)
CMU's Approved column praises Simian Mobile Disco's upcoming album, singling out contributions from Beth Ditto and Alexis Taylor while finding the first single underwhelming.