Maybe it’s time to drop the “prodigy” title? Maybe just go back to “Tim”?…
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Kat Stevens: Considering all the dross they’ve put out this century, this isn’t bad at all! Especially if you replace “Nasty Nasty” with “Milky Milky“.
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Scott Mildenhall: It’s somehow six years since a revitalised Prodigy found conditions just right to re-emerge and reach a wide new generation of fans with Invaders Must Die; longer ago than Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned‘s release was at that point. Sadly, as returns go, “Nasty” is more “Baby’s Got A Temper” than “Omen.” It doesn’t commit the same lyrical offences as the former, but they do share an air of parody, drawing a reaction of “oh, Grandad” if not, thankfully, “oh no, Grandad.” Perhaps the biggest problem — the straightfacedness of the ineffective verbal aggression — is quintessential Prodigy. There are elements of all their eras on show, but merely for show, as if someone uninvested was saying “this is what The Prodigy sound like.” Intermittently shouting “nasty, nasty!” would not be a compliment.
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Mo Kim: Elastic, with haunted-house synth melodies bouncing off hard slabs of guitar and drum. Doesn’t have many moving pieces but finds enough permutations to make the four minutes worthwhile.
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Micha Cavaseno: The rave ended a long time ago, with their big blasts of “raw energy” sounding more like hard-rocking slabs that could allow people to appreciate the nuances of their peers, and remind us that, yes, “Charly” is a “sick tune, mate.” But still, the band plays on…
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Alfred Soto: Distorted rubberband riff? Check. Stop-start inverted shufflebeat? Check. Miffed vocalist making title signify? Check. Full speed to 1996.
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Thomas Inskeep: A bunch of loops and riffs in search of a song they never find, while Keith Flint (I assume it’s him) sounds more and more like modern-day John Lydon after a bender. Sadly, it seems as if Liam Howlett hasn’t learned anything new (or heard anything new?) since about 1999.
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Will Adams: Crusty.
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Brad Shoup: They’re their own Spotify Halloween tribute act! A neat trick.
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Katherine St Asaph: Scuzzy in a guilty-pleasure way, but so dated they might as well rename themselves The CompuServe.
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