Soulwax: Conversation Intercom(PIAS)

Guitars growl, jackhammer shudderbeats crash into gear and suddenly we are being assailed with a gnarly tale of woe about the impossibility of true emotional connection between two people unable to bridge the yawning communication gulf between them. Get over yourself, dude. Quite energetic and abrasive, in a 1987 sort of way, and probably Scandinavian (Belgian, actually - Euro pedant Ed). "It's the pinnacle of what is cynical", yells someone who is probably called Lars or Gunnar and eats raw reindeer meat for breakfast. Like Bush will sound when they discover techno.

Stephen Dalton