Sex Drugs And Blah Blah Blah

前作が日本でも大ヒット(国内&輸入あわせて2万枚以上のセールス!)を記録した、ダンスロックの人気グループ、アトミック・フーリガンの新作が完成!アンダーワールドの名曲「ボーン・スリッピー」をリミックスしたことで注目され、その後、"衝撃的"と評されたデビュー・アルバムまで短期間で大きな成功を収めた彼ら。世界のTOP10 DJにUKで選出されるテリーの"現場"感覚と"音楽家"であるマットのケミストリーが爆発!ケミカル・ブラザーズ、アンダーワールド、ジャスティス、デジタリズムのファンに訴えかける、UKロックとダンスの融合に成功した刺激的なリズムと挑発的なサウンドに満ちた、スリリングな一枚!

Coming nearly three years after their debut full-length -- practically a lifetime in the ever-mutating world of dance music -- Sex, Drugs and Blah Blah Blah finds the erstwhile breakbeat DJ duo Atomic Hooligan in the process of transforming themselves into a full-on pop band complete with a growing use of live instruments. For example, first single "I Don't Care," simplistic and repetitive lyrics (vocals courtesy of Elmo Jones from the Furies) aside, sounds at least as much like the Arctic Monkeys as it does Daft Punk. Similarly, "Dirty" is heavy, gangsta-fied hip-hop (featuring U.K. rapper Genesis Elijah) crossed with a Gary Glitter-like glam rock stomp, and semi-title track "Blah Blah Blah" introduces a perfectly deployed bit of John Barry-style brass under Justine Berry's withering scenester takedown of a vocal. In this context, more traditionally electro tracks like the chilled, Middle Eastern-inflected "Safeguard," the acid house-tinged throwback appropriately titled "Spread Good Vibes," and the mellow groove of "Too Late to Be Afraid" sound like an entirely appropriate blend of genres and styles that fit in well with the more pop-oriented tracks. However, other tracks, including the thumping "Who's Ya Daddy Now," "Thief," and "Electro Ain't Electro" (featuring lead vocals by nude model Alex Sim-Wise, whose musical gifts are less impressive than her other attributes) are strictly electro-by-numbers, with uninspired beats, anonymous diva vocals, and little to differentiate them from similarly blah examples of the form. Of course, the album has never been the best format for this singles-based style, but the better two-thirds or so of Sex, Drugs and Blah Blah Blah suggest that Atomic Hooligan may be the next act to follow Daft Punk, Caribou, and LCD Soundsystem into the pop mainstream. ~ Stewart Mason|

アンダーワールドのリミックス・ワークをこなし、2005年のファースト・アルバム『You Are Here』がロック・ファンも巻き込んで大ヒットを記録したアトミック・フーリガン。この待望のセカンド・アルバムにも、初期のケミカル・ブラザーズやプロディジーあたりを彷彿とさせる、ロッキッシュなサウンドをアグレッシヴに融合させたブレイクス・チューンが満載されています。こりゃまたまた大ヒット間違いなさそうですねっ!!
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