No More Idols
Bookended by the dancehall inflections of “No Problem” and the acoustic-driven “End Credits,” Chase & Status’ breakthrough second album blitzes through British dance culture. The London duo fuse dubstep rhythms to nu-metal abrasion on a stadium scale, while their innate melodic sensibility keeps things popping. “Let You Go” and “Blind Faith” both hit hard, but they’re soulful, too. Dizzee Rascal electrifies the industrial churn of “Heavy,” while White Lies push “Embrace” from moody to gothic. The whole thing flows as thrillingly as the pair’s high-decibel stage show.
Defined by slick predictability, dubstep and drum and bass bludgeoning actually equals typically precise and large-scale digitalism, as per C&S’s newly embraced pop orientation.
Drum'n'bass chancers done good Chase and Status have become producers to the stars. If only that meant fewer posturing cameos and more innovation, writes <strong>Alexis Petridis</strong>
Chase and Status - No More Idols review: In doing everything that was expected of them on their debut, Chase & Status do nothing except tarnish their reputation
The DJ producers' second album combines ballistic rave pop with tough bass-laden sounds. Rating: * * *