Showing posts with label Underworld. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Underworld. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

otherworldly Underworld



Busy times for me, kittens. Haven't had a free moment to attend to my little corner of the blogosphere. Thankfully, nothing worth writing about happened over the last few days. However, with new albums in my sweaty hands, watch out for a flurry of activity in the approach to Christmas.

This week, Underworld premiered two new vids from their current longplayer, "Barking". First up is third single, "Bird 1", an eerie, throbbing track which is much darker than the previous singles from the elpee.



Well, that was slightly more exciting than watching paint dry. I guess that video budget isn't as robust as they would have liked it to be.

Next up is a bonus clip they produced for "Diamond Jigsaw". Underworld, like many artists, have thrown convention out the window by lensing vids for various album tracks whether or not they are intended to be for promotion around a single. It's the wild west, children.


A slightly trippy and otherworldly video for Underworld. I do hope they washed those jeans, particularly the one around the gentleman's face.

"Diamond Jigsaw" is a much more jaunty and euphoric number compared to many of their previous efforts. It's bordering ever so closely to a pop song! In fact, it's not a million miles away from Underworld Mk 1 when they were a rock/dance hybrid after the demise of Freur.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

double feature

Dance dynamo, Underworld, have revealed the second single from the latest longplayer, "Barking". "Always Loved A Film" is the follow up to the drum n' bass flavored "Scribble".

Not content with creating one sleeve and video for the single, it appears Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have commissioned two of each!

Here's the first set.





Shame. Not a DILF in sight.

And now the second sleeve and video.





Very pastoral and psychedelic. Reminds me of "The Love Parade" by The Dream Academy.

The song takes a more melodic path similar in style to Underworld Mk 1 before their hippy, trippy forays into house and techno. Love the chanty bits they drop into their tracks. I can just imagine the dancefloor masses shouting "heaven" repeatedly with arms akimbo. Where are my glowsticks and hotpants?