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Add N To (X)
"Loud Like Nature"
Format:
CD/Album
Online date:
11/11 2002
Label:
Mute/Playground
Genre:
mixed
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On albums such as "On the Wires of Our Nerves" and "Avant Hard" Add N to (X) profiled themselves as one of the most original electronic acts of the decade - their huge energy and absolutely mad mix of broken and raw electronics combined with harsh accoustic drums made them a huge hit. Although containing a rather wide array of emotions, their music is at almost all times very extrovert, sometimes bordering on agressive, but nevertheless witty and a bit sarchastic.
After 2000's "Add Inslut to Injury" which, while containing many great tunes, seemed a bit to me like merely a softer and not as wild version of its predecessors, it was clearly time for this band to find a new direction. It appeared to me as If they had more or less polished their sound into perfection with the previously mentioned "Avant Hard", and they proved it to be pointless to go on, could they not come up with a few new ideas. Luckily, I dare to say that that is exactly what they've achieved with "Loud Like Nature", while leaving no doubt that this is still Add N to (X) we are dealing with.
"Loud Like Nature" is their most diverse work yet, and clearly for the better of it. Fans of the typical Add N to (X)-sound should not be disappointed; songs like "Electric Village" makes sure of that. Others, however, offer something quite new; for instance the punk-ish feel of "Sheez Mine" and "Large Number" or the great, spaced out rambling of the slightly eerie "Invasion of the Polaroid People", a song that somehow reminds me of Death in Vegas. The first single (if I know this band, then there are certainly more to come) of the album, "Take Me to Your Leader", also deserves a mentioning as it is very efficient, and as always with Add N to (X), it is worth getting it as the B-sides are splendid and the video included is quite entertaining as well.
This album is even more rock'n'roll than their previous releases, and perhaps a tiny bit more accessible, considering how the songs are structured, but it's all just as original and fun. I appreciate new elements like the way they use the guitar on tracks like "Total All Out Water", and how the album sounds more tight and crisp than ever before, while still just as dirty and broken. I sort of miss the accoustic drums on a few songs, and "Avant Hard" is still the album the band will be remembered by, but this is really almost as enjoyable.
/Klas Molde
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Add N To (X)"Loud Like Nature"
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