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Dubnobass was the best album , not so much to play now but back in mid 90s it was feckin ace.Some decent stuff on Beaucoup Fish.Saw em at the New Order MEN Arena do Dec 98 but don't recall being that blown away. Have heard some top live versions of Born Slippy though
Only heard the single off the new one
Bere wrote: They cancelled the european dates due to illness...
Aaargghhh!!!
illness my arse.
Another one that's just going to bubble under I think.
They've certainly gone more mature with their sound since Darren Emerson left and I think more and more, that their music is becoming more an art piece to go alongside their regular art works, books and projects. The songs are definitely shorter and the long epics of the past are no more.
You won't find anything of the magnitude of their opus, 'Second Toughest In The Infants' on here, or the also classic, 'Dubnobasswithmyheadman' but I do prefer both their last album and this one to 'Beaucoup Fish' which I thought was poor.
I was actually waiting to be underwhelmed by this but I was quite pleased with a few songs on there. It's definitely not a great album but it is one that will take a few more listens to fully appreciate and I will listen to it again, and that's not a bad sign.
As for 'Ring Road', really madcap lyrics and after a not that promising start to it, is really turning into one of the songs I like most off the album. A more arty Streets, if you will 
Well I don't think they cancelled due to poor ticket sales. They sold out tix for weds, thur and Fri at the Roundhouse, London the week before last. They played the weds and Thur but not the Fri. They left a sold out Friday crowd very dissapointed. Luckily for me I went on the Weds. I was suprised at the number of oldies but really enjoyed it. Crocodile and Beautiful Burnout were the only new tunes I spotted. But they also did an instrumental Techno-y thing near the end that I didn't recognise...Anyone know what that was? According to the Underworld website, Rick Smith is suffering Fatigue. Must be from pushing those faders and staring at his lap top . It's a hard life eh?
