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This is the second collection of singles (following Volume 1’s A-M) originally released fortnightly throughout 2010, to the shrugging indifference of the top 40, if it still exists. It is their embrace of the digital age on… well, CD, and plays to their strengths as a singles band.
To write a hit single once a fortnight is challenging, and occasionally such prolific song-writing is their undoing. Insect’s string of rhymes lacks emotional punch and plods in a way singles really shouldn’t. You could argue the band misses the female touch (Charlotte Hatherley left for solo pastures in 2006), that they are trying too hard, and that this album sometimes feels like a project for the band rather than the listeners. But the energy that sometimes outstrips their skill illustrates that they remain young at heart.
The US college punk of Mind Control and the anthemic Binary prove they have not lost their grip on a good song, as does Change Your Name ("Rise up / you’ll get stronger"), which will appeal to Oasis fans, as will the ‘self-help to thrash guitars’ of Summer Snow, which has a solo screaming to be played while swinging on ropes above an audience. It is a shame that Carnal Love’s melodies are let down by a poor, whiney vocal and banal lines such as "I’m addicted to your sweet stuff". But the electronics-laced There Is Hope Again points the way to their future in more ways than one.
Their days of beating Janet Jackson to number one may have passed, but there is apparently plenty of what led them there left in the tank.
--Tom HocknellFind more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window
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What happens next is an interesting one...
But, as with a lot of albums, a couple of listens later and I feel its a solid collection of songs. Maybe not a great 'album', but the majority of the songs have a lot to offer.
A solid 4 out of 5 from me!
From track one's stadium anthem of Dare to Dream to Spell Bounds 80's beats this album wreaks class.
Insects driving lead guitar, Binary's absolute class, Physical Worlds immense catchiness, Spheres's brilliant bass line half way thorugh, Summer Snow's fantastic lyrics, Carnal Loves Repeatative but catchy chorus, Embers Pure rock Toungue Twisting Vocals, Sky Burials long brilliance and Change your Names Subtle amazingness makes this a must listen for Ash fans old and new.... and if you've ever loved Ash but let them get to the back of your ipod playlist this really is the album to get you to fall in love with them again.
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