Don't believe the truth was a good album - their best since WTSMG by a long way.
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Just saw an advert on the top of this very site advertising Bloc Party's new single 'Mercury'. Do they have an album due this year? That said, they do tend to release the odd single that doesnt appear on an album, 'Flux' and 'Two More Years'.... same with Chemical Brothers, saw an advert for new single 'Midnight Madness' elsewhere, good track too. But no word on an album either...
I have that one, and if I remember correctly the sleeve was designed as the first part of a bigger pattern, that they were going to have a succession of "best of"s maybe 8 in total, maybe more, which could be fitted together for a bigger picture.
So even at that they'll have to go some. :D
Just got this off of the infallible wiki - excuse the ignorance but what the hell is an Electronic Battle Weapon? :confused:
"In a phone interview with Pete Tong, on June 20, 2008, Tom from The Chemical Brothers confirmed that a compilation album of all of the singles and Electronic Battle Weapons will be released later this year.
In a fan email on 24 June 2008, it was announced that the double album collection would be called Brotherhood and would be released on 1 September 2008. Disc one would include 14 singles, including new track 'Keep My Composure'. Disc two will include all ten Electronic Battle Weapons. A tenth "Electronic Battle Weapon" has surfaced and is titled "Midnight Madness". The track will be available as a downloadable single from 4 August 2008. To date, this has been a very anticipated single from the group".
The Electronic Battle Weapons have been issuing from the Bros for a few years now, and they're mostly brilliant.
The term 'battle weapon', as far as I know, started off as a piece a DJ or producer would knock up for his own use when playing out, something only he will have and so can use as a 'weapon' in any battle with other DJs, either directly on the night or just in general in the punters' view.
In case you're dubious, when meself and me mate did a little bit a few years back we'd have some brilliant rare tunes we'd found that we called secret weapons well before I'd heard of a 'battle weapon' so I'd imagine that kind of terminology would be fairly ubiquitous.
The Chemical Brothers' series of battle weapons would mostly appear before album releases as white labels to test new material on the dance floors, and some would then turn up on later CD singles.
I don't have them all so am glad to hear that news. :)
Some of them made it onto albums already, so I guess it's like a best of/rarities stuff. Pre-mixes, if you will.
:D
Electronic Battleaxe, like it! :D
Noby is right, a few appeared on albums too, one or two as is but just renamed I think, one or two in a remixed form. Don't have them all as I say so not 100% sure which ones.
Think that's why they're better suited to a bonus CD in a compilation rather than an album, Pauro, they'd be more rarities as noby says, plus they span quite a few years and styles.
looking forward to the offering from Joe Lean and The Jing Jang Jong - their singles so far have caught my attention.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother...Brothers_album)
Double album and tracklisiting attached. Electronic Battle Weapons looking forward to, had no idea they even existed...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(Bloc_Party_song)
And new album from Bloc Party at the end of the year. that's very unexpected, the single's great too.
Another Chemical Brothers comp missing out Life Is Sweet, and yet include the Noel "Bandwagon" Gallagher ones....
didn't realise The Music had a new album due, until I heard the new single "Strength In Numbers" on Phantom .Sounds very similar to what was on "Welcome to the North".
Which is hardly a bad thing.
I'm looking forward to the Ricky Martin Ringtones that are being advertised in a banner ad on this website.
Reckon Bloc Party’s new album is gonig to be a belter. New single’ Mercury’ is ace, really didnt like it at first though. Think it’ll split opinion down the middle, but loving their new direction. Metallica’s new one due later this year as well, hope it’s got at least a few axe solos, St. Anger has the grand total of ..........none.. It could be brilliant but it could be a disaster, you never know.