Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

"DYOH" was the last record I bought because it was trendy. I think I only played it once, and found it rather boring. I thought the same when I played it the first time last week, but it grew on me the second time. I had totally missed the gentler "Lost In The K-Hole" the first time before (I think young people call this sort of thing a chill-out track). And "The Private Psychedelic Reel" is glorious, it goes on and on and on in a good way (a reel both in the sense of a dance and in the sense of something cyclical). The only time it isn't so good is when the Chemicals try to involve human beings, and they tend to come off second best - Noel Gallagher in "Setting Sun" and Beth Orton in "Where Do I Begin".

Gosh, I bet the drummer needed a rest after recording this lot.