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From the outside, Primal Scream seem suitably chaotic, flitting between noise-skronk explorations and dub operas, but there's one truism that applies to the bulk of their career: if they delivered a good album last time around, they'll stumble on the next. More Light, the messy, candy-colored, psychedelic opus they delivered in 2013, found the band at something near their best, so it only follows that 2016's Chaosmosis would be something of a mess -- and it is, only in an unexpected fashion. Similar to how Evil Heat represented a diminishment of XTRMNTR -- the back-to-back highlights Vanishing Point and XTRMNTR being the exceptions that proves the Primal Scream rule -- Chaosmosis finds the band scaling back its predecessor, narrowing its vistas so drastically it often seems as if the group cobbled it together on an old Casio. Often, there's a hint of something intriguing here -- a rhythm that starts to kick, a texture that seduces -- but these elements aren't developed; they simply lie there, pulsating in neon. Primal Scream can summon enough skill to turn this kaleidoscope of color into something resembling pleasing background music, but the cloistered aggression of "When the Blackout Meets the Fallout" and jazz overtones of "Golden Rope" make it clear that electronic easy listening was never Primal Scream's intention. That's just where Chaosmosis happened to end up.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Composer, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Composer, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Primal Scream, MainArtist - Bjorn Yttling, Composer, Producer - Andrew Innes, Composer, Producer - Bobby Gillespie, Composer, Producer - EMI Music Publishing Scandinavia AB, MusicPublisher - Sony/ATV Music Publishing, MusicPublisher
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
Album review
From the outside, Primal Scream seem suitably chaotic, flitting between noise-skronk explorations and dub operas, but there's one truism that applies to the bulk of their career: if they delivered a good album last time around, they'll stumble on the next. More Light, the messy, candy-colored, psychedelic opus they delivered in 2013, found the band at something near their best, so it only follows that 2016's Chaosmosis would be something of a mess -- and it is, only in an unexpected fashion. Similar to how Evil Heat represented a diminishment of XTRMNTR -- the back-to-back highlights Vanishing Point and XTRMNTR being the exceptions that proves the Primal Scream rule -- Chaosmosis finds the band scaling back its predecessor, narrowing its vistas so drastically it often seems as if the group cobbled it together on an old Casio. Often, there's a hint of something intriguing here -- a rhythm that starts to kick, a texture that seduces -- but these elements aren't developed; they simply lie there, pulsating in neon. Primal Scream can summon enough skill to turn this kaleidoscope of color into something resembling pleasing background music, but the cloistered aggression of "When the Blackout Meets the Fallout" and jazz overtones of "Golden Rope" make it clear that electronic easy listening was never Primal Scream's intention. That's just where Chaosmosis happened to end up.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:37:43
- Main artists: Primal Scream
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Ignition Records Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
(C) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release (P) 2016 SCRM Ltd under exclusive licence to Ignition Records Ltd. A First International release
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