Two noises in particular build that tension, but also call back to tracks from a few years earlier. The tense robot twang of the opening riff the shrapnel bursts of drums the rapid, rolling darkness of the bass, it’s all aiming to leave you keyed up and ready for violence. On “Breathe” he should be in his element – this sounds how the “Firestarter” video looked, subterranean, murky and hostile.Įach of the sounds on “Breathe” is beautifully shaped and designed to scare you. “Firestarter” was sharp and well-cut, but there was a brightness to it as well:Keith Flint’s gleeful Lydonisms were a counterpoint to the tune’s gleaming edges. On “Breathe”, the tension between the two sides of the band is at its most productive. Once he loses his touch craft-wise – for me, either during or after this album – the lad’s mag roughness gets very tiresome very fast. As long as the two develop in step, the results can be brutally thrilling. The Prodigy’s success was built on two things: Liam Howlett’s remarkable feel for how to carve a collection of exciting sounds into a track, and the group’s increasing attraction to aggro of a particularly surly, lairy, kind.
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