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Thank Beck, but modern-day alternative rock is all about fusion. On Much Against Everyone's Advice, Belgian electronic funk-punk rockers Soulwax are horribly eager to keep all posts covered, and if they never quite achieve the kitsch majesty of Mr Hansen's Midnite Vultures, then at least on the juddering techno workout of "Conversation Intercom", or the Black-Sabbath-gone-hip-hop beat-fest of "Too Many DJs" they add a whole new spin to the conveyor-belt of MTV-friendly angst. The problem is, over the length of Much Against Everyone's Advice, it never seems to be quite enough. There's too many understated inte
Thank Beck, but modern-day alternative rock is all about fusion. On Much Against Everyone's Advice, Belgian electronic funk-punk rockers Soulwax are horribly eager to keep all posts covered, and if they never quite achieve the kitsch majesty of Mr Hansen's Midnite Vultures, then at least on the juddering techno workout of "Conversation Intercom", or the Black-Sabbath-gone-hip-hop beat-fest of "Too Many DJs" they add a whole new spin to the conveyor-belt of MTV-friendly angst. The problem is, over the length of Much Against Everyone's Advice, it never seems to be quite enough. There's too many understated interludes--see the eminently forgettable likes of "More Than This" and "Scream"--to make Much Against Everyone's Advice any more than a entertaining diversion. It seems that even in Soulwax's cutting-edge super-futuristic worldview, there's room for an inordinate amount of filler, and in its attempt to claim every genre under the sun, Much Against Everyone's Advice spreads itself too thin. --Louis Pattison END
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Manufacturer: Pias
Release date: 1 October 1999
EAN: 5413356211023
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