Sunscreem! I always loved the first album, 03, but it’s their second one, Change Or Die from 1996 that’s got me this time round. It does a thing I really like, where the tracks transition into one another so that it sounds ‘of a piece’, and it has themes and motifs that recur throughout, like little treats rewarding you for listening to the whole album. What else? Oh yes, it’s got trippy 303 wig-outs and anthemic singalong bits; it’s uplifting and life-affirming in a goofy, group-hug sort of way; it’s incredibly well thought-out and beautifully sequenced and yet never loses sight of the fact that at heart it’s an exuberant pop-dance album, and I love, love, love it.
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One of my fave Glasto bands.
I last saw them supporting Jesus Jones at the Astoria. They blew JJ off the stage.
I am partial to the first album, really good example of the move from clubbing to albums happening at the time, along with The Prodigy, Utah Saints and The Shamen – they weren’t taken entirely seriously by the media who focused more on the E culture and ‘rave panic’ , and it was the next wave of ‘club to band’ acts who got all the critical accolades – Leftfield, Chemicals, Underworld etc.
Yes, good point!
The Jimmy Gomez (I think ) mix of ‘Perfect Motion’ is a wonderful, glorious thing and reminds me of very, very happy times.
Check out the second album. I swear it’s a lost classic.