I remember buying the 2007 reissue of Hold Your Colour in Virgin Megastores to ensure I had Blood (F**king) Sugar on the record. (This edition did deprive me of hearing Another Planet for an criminally long time) and it was tremendous, it felt like metal, but it was a synthetic chorus of DnB energy with heavy hooks and 'riffs'.
Their sound has also an uncanny ability to evolve with the progression through their albums. Go back to the Live In Brixton DVD (remember them?) to see the completely unique and reimagined versions of Hold Your Colours anthems. The euphoric yet heavy title track, the almost thrash guitar rhythm underpinning Tarantula. It was totally Different (get it?) but perfectly matched the In Silco sound.
Resonating through the back catalogue and defining the current artistic direction. Seeing an in full Inertia album live set has left me equally as impressed. Turning a very bitter Monday night in Bristol, into a hotbox cementing their sound once again. Being treated to 11 tracks from Inertia mixed with fresh and current iterations of classics or new medleys equally mixed from equal monster legacy tracks.
The whole event felt like it was setting a new baseline, but made you feel like you already know it. Being both familiar and exciting and new. Rob seems so fired up (gone are the days of him looking menacing from behind a double keyboard) owning the stage and crowd. The energy is just as rampant and euphoric as my first gigs in Cardiff, Birminghan and Sonisphere festival, all in the same summer.
Pendulum never cease to bring raw undiluted electronic progress to the eardrums. Their sound is instantly recognisable from their Trinty DJ sets and other projects such as Knife Party. Their undeniable energy is really something to witness. In any format and especially live.
And at the Prospect building (very unique yet Motion-esque venue!) on a frozen Monday night. I was right back to picking up that reissued copy of their first album in Virgin Megastores. 10/10
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