In Silico

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
iIn Silico/i might be the second album from Pendulum, but it's their first as a fully-fledged rock band. Of course, this Australian dance collective have paddled in these waters before: their debut album iHold Your Colour/i was a muscular collection of hard drum'n'bass and slamming breakbeats that, for all its synthetic construction, displayed firmly rock sensibilities. On iIn Silico/i, though, hard-riffing guitars are pulled right up in the mix, and the band's production core, Rob Swire and Gareth McGrillen, lead from the front, reaching for the microphone and making clattering loops the bedrock for a suite of anthemic rockers. Comparisons to the likes of Enter Shikari and The Prodigy are not too wide of the mark, capturing something of Pendulum's fairground waltzer adrenaline and polished, metallic aggression. Beyond straightforward rush, though, some interesting ingredients find their way into the brew: storming opener "Slowdown" imagines an unholy synthesis of DJ Hype and Muse in full progressive rock-out mode, while the elegiac "Propane Nightmares" commences with a Mariachi trumpet serenade. Dance connoisseurs will probably complain Pendulum's beats lack a certain finesse, but if you like your dance music a) fast and b) hard then iIn Silico/i has all bases covered. i--Louis Pattison/i

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Customer reviews

review by: prodigydancer date: 2009-06-22 rating:
Not great
This album, for a lot of newer Pendulum fans is what Pendulum is all about, rock/synth/electronica. Personally, being introduced to Pendulum with Hold your Colour, In Silico is a let down, I was expecting another massive drum and bass album, with dark tracks and hard beats. This isn't my cup of tea and I regret buying it. In my opion, Pendulum have changed for the worse, changing their style to become more main stream and get more money. If they had brought out anything near to Hold you Colour I would have been over the moon, but I feel they have changed too much.

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review by: date: 2009-06-15 rating:
very very good, worth every penny
I jumped on the pendulum band wagon a bit late and have only listened to a few hold your colours songs. But if people are saying that this is worse than hold your colour, then hold you colour must have been the best album ever. br /It's hard for me to imagine an album better than this, every song is worth a listen and worth every penny. br /The ONLY down side is that the drum beat is the same in pretty much every song, but I'm not letting that minor flaw hinder my opinion of this album. It's brilliant, I recommend it to anyone, definitely buy it.

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review by: date: 2009-06-07 rating:
Excellent Album
Pendulum are absolutly brilliant, this album may disappoint Drum and Bass fans as it is more Rock-Techno but will thrill true Pendulum fans. 5/5

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review by: date: 2009-04-11 rating:
Utterly brilliant
BEst album i have bought in the last two years!!I'm still listening to it regularly now.Every track is a hit.Buy this album.you won't regret it!!!Hold your colour is good but not a patch on this!!


review by: Jenius89 date: 2009-04-09 rating:
I didn't buy all of it..........
I think, like having heard HYC for the third time, that some of these tracks are too similar and that moreso on In Silico, the rock reference is overstated. Nonetheless, there are definitely some standout tracks; The Other Side, Visions, Midnight Runner and 9000 miles all draw hints from the previous album and these songs bring a smile to my face every time, the bass becomes a bass line rather than a movement in itself in this album. Progress was made, no doubt. Unfortunately, because some of the songs are exactly what i want to listen to, i don't want the others for background filler. So i didn't buy the album.

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