by RolexTharsus » Tue Aug 06, 2013 11:24 pm
Just finished first full listen through and can only agree with that Mr Crabb chap - you clever, clever bastards! The PWEInation aren't crap!
Firstly - Payback, the job on the packaging, artwork & mastering is stunning, PWEI2 should get you on board for the next/ remix album.
Whilst I was impressed by most of what I heard on the sonic noise byte I was expecting the overall quality to be varied, but how wrong I was. Every tune on here more than holds its own in the context of the record, there's something interesting about every track, and you can feel the enthusiasm & love for the Poppies oozing through the speakers.
3 tunes really stood out for me on the first listen:
Penny Licks - Inside You: really different take on this one, didn't think anyone could make one of BF's cheekier moments into something so charming & adorable.
Project 13 - Intergalactic Dub Mission: Intergalactic Love Mission is most skipped tune on BF, this takes the tune to a whole new level. Better than the original.
H.O.B.B.S - Bulletproof: I know when Bronxzoo posted the first demo of this on the Soundclouds I was impressed & thought this is what Bulletproof would sound like with a PWEI2 overhall. So much energy in this version, changing it from a pogo-along anthem to a full on rave-up.
...but all the other contributions are strong too.
If I had to be hyper-critical nit-picking pedant, Seek & Destroy could have done with a full live vocal, the backing's a stonking breakbeat monster, I just felt a full vocal would have been the cherry on top.
Bloody well done you lot!
Zero half measures (What a carve up!)