Description: Pendulum made one of the biggest breakthroughs of the 2000s with their hit album In Silico. Having sold over one million records worldwide, the band completed a sell out Academy tour in 2008 and went on to smash the international festival circuit in summer 2009 with killer appearances at Glastonbury, Download, V and Global Gathering to name a few. Both Pendulum studio albums to date-–In Silico and the band’s debut Hold Your Colour-–have gone Platinum.
Immersion's lead single "Watercolour" heralds a glorious evolution in the Pendulum sound. Now utilising a richer sonic tapestry than ever before, "Watercolour" finds Rob Swire's vocals alternating between eerie distortion and full-blooded energy amidst flourishes of horns and an atmospheric, tension building breakdown. The track's progressive structure highlight's Pendulum's continuing development in constructing contrasting dynamics.
My review: My main reaction to this album is: Its high octane for the ears!! Plenty of dance energy, drum ‘n’ bass and a touch of rock/metal. I sat listening to it not really thinking much, just flowing from one track to the next while browsing the internet and, generally, enjoying the tracks. If you have heard Pendulum’s work on the radio, then you know what sort of music they produce, good thumping tracks with energy aplenty.
A few tracks were reminiscent of Prodigy. Personally, I wasn’t so keen on the track ‘Self vs Self’ maybe a bit OTT on the raspy/death growl intervention of ‘In Flames’ (featured on the track), I don’t mind a bit of metal, but I don’t know that this vocal was too complimentary to the track, I guess I’m just not into Death Metal. I’m sure there’ll be plenty of fans out there who will love the track though.
I quite liked the album, don’t know that it will be a regular on my mp3 player, but if I fancy some D&B/rock sounds then it may be one I’ll head to before some others
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