We Are The Night
Despite their innovative 90s repertoire, the Chemical Brothers have spent much of this decade keeping pace. Now, sporting guest spots from Klaxons, Midlake, Fatlip, and Willy Mason, they return with their sixth album.
This title of The Chemical Brothers' sixth full album (not counting DJ mixes) is surprisingly apt, because boy, does the duo sound tired. We Are The Night is the most listless album they've made—and maybe not coincidentally, it's also one of the lightest. It's probably a good idea for Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons to…
Yes, the subliminal cry of ‘dance fools, dance!’ might be missing, but that’s not a bad thing. Heck, it’s this kind of variation that makes it all the better.
The Chemical Brothers never stopped being great producers, but during some of their ho-hum full-lengths of the early 2000s, they relied too much on production skills and forgot what they were first known for: innovative sounds and great hooks.
We Are the Night, like most high school reunions, fails to kick-start anything other than nostalgia.