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Asbo-disco for an accelerated culture

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5 May 16th, 2008 

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Initially appears to be very samey

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Leeds five-piece Hadouken! have just released their debut album, Music For An Accelerated Culture.

The new-rave quintet, who are named after a fireball throwing attack in the popular video game series Street Fighter, have appeared on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show with their internet phenomenon double a-side "That Boy That Girl/Tuning In", and in January this year two of the band members Djed and presented the show themselves.

Their music, which is said to fall under the Asbo-disco genre, is heavily influenced by dance artists The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers, and tackles issues such as debt, drinking, and youth culture.

The album features the popular MySpace track "Get Smashed Gate Crash", and their singles "That Boy That Girl", "Liquid Lives", and "Declaration Of War".

The exterior artwork is very much reminiscent of J-pop, probably somewhat to do with their links to the Street Fighter games. The logo itself is a unique capitalised font, enclosed in a spiky/exclaimatory comic-style speech bubble. The background is comprised of newspaper snippets behind rave-like lines in two shades of green, that connote their electronic/disco roots.

The interior artwork is unique in that although it follows the conventional idea of including the lyrics so that fans can sing along, "Get Smashed Gate Crash"'s lyrics are displayed on small strips of paper intercepted by a jagged font printed on the paper behind, and the lyrics to "Declaration of War" are displayed like a ransom note.

The music itself is unique in style, though it is worryingly reminiscent of some Blazin' Squad tracks... do not let this put you off however, as although it is an acquired taste, it will be on your stereo for a long time. 

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hughesmonger 19.02.2009 21:55

Another decent review. ^_^

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Advantages: Quite nice album cover
Disadvantages: Complete and utter rubbish.

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