This album is perhaps one of the most anticipated albums of 2009, many sites proclaiming its glory months and months ahead of its release. HEALTH are a band that I never understood. A few tracks off their last album I enjoyed, but I couldn't quite get my head around what they were trying to do. Each track seemed to be a huge brick of noise, and there seemed no way of penetrating this wall of noise.The HEALTH/DISCO came out, which was a remix album of the first album, and the remixes seemed to bring out the songs behind all the feedback and overdrive. And from listening to the new album, it would seem HEALTH have taken some of this into account. I would be lying to say that HEALTH are now a catchy, danceable band (although Die Slow does come close to a radio-friendly single); but the songs are now at the forefront. The noise is still there, but its reigned in a lot more, and the songs are all the more powerful for it. The rhythmic elements to their sound are now much more apparent, and the band stop start like a well oiled machine.
This is an album of many many layers and I have only burrowed so far as of yet, but this album is a definite contender for album of the year, as I feel it has real lasting power. I am seeing the band live on Monday, so I am excited to see how the songs come across live.
8.9- Entrancing
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