Album_Presets_Apacalypso_2008
I have never been a sponge to The Presets, I don't "believe the hype" so to speak, and my extensions with the band go as far as hearing 'Are You The One' in every hipster club in NYC last summer, remixes et al. I appreciate some of their industrial style instrumentals on Beams (Black Backround exclusively), but there is something about his voice that just, irks me. I don't share whatever deep obsession he has with susceptible girls in dark lit clubs. Since I haven't been following them, I had no idea they just released a new album until yesterday, Apacalypso.
Appropriately sharing the same name as an embarrassing Mel Gibson failure, Apacalypso is pretty much a repeat of Beams, sans the instrumentals. Voice still ends on an obnoxious high note, songs still about girls in clubs, doing crazy things, sweating with "his people", acting crazy, partying, girls, clubs, eyes, eye movement, crazy club activities, sweat.
I played this song from my recently added playlist on my ipod, so I heard the entire thing from the last song to the first, and I was starting to get really excited! I might actually enjoy a Presets album? Really? The last song on the album "Anywhere" is actually really pretty, I really enjoy it, it will most definitely get a lot of play time, hell, it even made its way into my Viva-Radio playlist! I love it! Thats pretty much the extent of my love for this album. The rest is annoying, obnoxious, and just super hard to listen to. Aeons is somewhat like an instrumental version of Anywhere, so its nothing horrible. But nothing amazing. Semi-Epic Giorgio Moroder stylings, stealing everything about 80s electronica right down to the chamber style drum hit.
The rest is a poor attempt at romantic electronica. Sleazy vox, boring beats, nothing new, nothing worth buying. My recommendation? Buy "Anywhere" on iTunes, and skip the rest.
4/10 (Simply for Anywhere) If "Anywhere" was a Single...7.5/10 (thats high in my book).
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