So, after almost five years of relative silence, The mighty Prodigy have announced that they'll be releasing their new album in March of 2009. And to that end, they're giving away the first single "Invaders Must Die" on their website. And...uhm... it's not very good. At best, the track comes off as a second rate Pendulum rip-off. Pendulum themselves were actually responsible for the most banging Prodigy track since "Smack My Bitch Up" when they remixed "Voodoo People" for the Prodigy's Their Law singles compilation. Of course that remix was four years ago, and Pendulum have since moved on soundwise to doing some less good but at least still fun rock-oriented Drum n' Bass. So yeah, the Prodigy sound doubly out of ideas here, as they jack a sound from another artist who've already moved on from it, and don't even do a particularly convincing job of it. I'll cop the album when it comes out undoubtedly, but this ain't exactly filling me with confidence.
The Prodigy, "Invaders Must Die"
Super Bonus Video: Prodigy - Voodoo People (Pendulum remix)
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Hm. Not horrible, but certainly not what they needed to put them back at the top of the heap this late in the game. The snares and dated bleeps kinda make me think of what would happen if Add N to (X) reunited and made a bid for mainstream success.
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