Orbital's new, and last album, The
Blue Album has hit the stores. It's pretty damn good!
Mixing the sounds of many of their earlier albums, particularly
some of the ravier sounds of the Brown
Album. Highlights for me are Acid Pants, a brilliant
return to the acidy roots with a silly sample; You Lot" which
seems to sample someone with the same accent as The Orb sampled
on S.A.L.T., from Mike Leigh's Naked, but I think
this one might be Christopher Ecclestone from last year's Second Coming
telemovie and a little less deranged than the Revelations/Barcode
rant; Bath Time is reminiscent of much of In
Sides.
All in all, an excellent closing album, effectively closing off an
era. Can't wait to see them this weekend at Glastonbury. Can't wait
to hear what they do next, seperately. We'll miss you lads!