Almost 10 years between this 2007 album and the 1998 Form & Function.Where F&F 1 was dark, minimal, and austere this one is dark and pulls out all the stops. Make some noise, indeed.
Here's the original 1997 album too, just because I'm nice that way. Also I do like it somewhat better.
That's right, I compiled an evil overlord soundtrack. For all your scheming, conniving, and general villainy. Enjoy it while plotting to take over the world and subjugate mankind.
No Make Some Noise Day feature can be complete without Aphex Twin, the man with the oddest beats and most pseudonyms ever. "To cure a weakling child" and "Girl/Boy Song" are absolutely amazing.
Saturday is make some noise day! And who makes better and more obscure noise than Squarepusher? For me Squarepusher takes me back to my messy 20s, VJing for peanuts and dancing in dank basement clubs to glitchy Drum & Bass, emerging only when the sun has risen again to stagger home and sleep. Good times. Weird times.
This is by no means an easily accessible album, although it may be one of the more accessible ones in the Squarepusher discography. But since when is accessibility a plus anyway? Would you like your steak pre-chewed too? Fuck that shit. Hit it, Tom. Feed me weird things.
Rating: *****
Comment: Not the best squarepusher album but certainly worth a repeat listen.