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Clearly it was just me: the record sold over a million copies and transformed Pendulum into bona-fide mainstream megastars, with top ten singles and festival headline slots theirs for the taking. Given this amazing success, no fan would think less of the Australians if they repeated In Silico's formula. But stasis is evidently not on the group's agenda, as Immersion takes Pendulum further still from their roots. It offers more rock and more dance, but most importantly more fun. And when it's good, it's very good indeed.
Lead single Watercolour is the essential bridge between albums, but sounds diluted compared with much that surrounds it, tracks that fire on significantly more cylinders. The absolute standout is the two-part, mid-record peak of The Island. Dawn is fairly conventional fare, a thick synth line guiding a relatively conventional indie-rock arrangement to a pause; but when it stirs again it does so in unprecedented fashion. Dusk is Pendulum gone Ed Banger, playing at being Justice and coming across as more than imitators–for perhaps the first time in their career, the sextet sounds innovative. It genuinely thrills, as all manner of dizzying beats and bleeps duck and weave around each other. It's going to be absolutely massive live.
The band's rock side is explored like never before on Self Vs. Self, which features Swedish metallers In Flames. Excellently, the riffs don't sound simply tacked on, presenting the sense that this is a collaboration proper rather than a phoned-in performance for rock scene kudos. Liam Howlett shows up too, on Immunize–it's a welcome gesture, given how Pendulum have obviously leaned on The Prodigy's catalogue for inspiration. As Encoder closes proceedings, an unexpected conclusion presents itself: somehow, Pendulum have crafted an album, their best yet, almost as enjoyable as their frenetic live performances. --Mike Diver
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Immersion's lead single "Watercolour" heralds a glorious evolution in the Pendulum sound. Now utilising a richer sonic tapestry than ever before, "Watercolour" finds Rob Swire's vocals alternating between eerie distortion and full-blooded energy amidst flourishes of horns and an atmospheric, tension building breakdown. The track's progressive structure highlight's Pendulum's continuing development in constructing contrasting dynamics.
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Genesis is a good start to the album, with Salt in the Wounds continuing the pace. Watercolour is already a single, and as an individual track, it's a catchy dance-driven tune. Set Me on Fire, Crush, The Island (Parts I & II), Comprachicos, The Vulture and Encoder continue the modern Pendulum sound, incorporating solid drum & bass with aspects of electronic rock and dance-rock.
However, this is where the album shows its strange opposite sides: Under the Waves, Immunize and Witchcraft are quite different in style, being more plain electronic rock - at least in my opinion - while Self vs. Self is, of all things, melodic black metal! As one fan said, it sticks out like a sore thumb - and I think most fans will agree, whether or not they like it, it certainly does stick out. I was nervous about Ben "The Verse" Mount doing the lyrics for The Vulture, but I feel it turned out better than his frankly annoying contributions in live performances - again, something many long-time fans will agree on.
In conclusion, I have to look at Immersion from two points of view. As a person who enjoys electronic music, this is an interesting and worthwhile album for a good variation of dance, rock and drum & bass. As a long-time fan of the group itself, while this album obviously cannot live up to the perfection of Hold Your Colour, it's at least as good as In Silico, and probably even better. Taking both of these perspectives into account, as well as everything above, I give Immersion four stars. Although like I said, these days there is a very fine line between those who disagree with Pendulum's new style and those who appreciate it, so at the end of the day, I have to advise you to check out the whole album to decide for yourself!
I am a just over 60 gal and I think they are great.
Not every single track is to my taste,(not many)so I listen to the ones I like.
Well done PENDULUM.
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