Pendulum: 'The Other Side'

Pendulum's latest single, 'The Other Side', continues their switch to a more mainstream, 'chartable' sound. Their curious hybrid of drum & bass and rock, a pair of seemingly unlikely genre-mates, is something they're obviously struggling to execute. The intro sounds akin to something from New Order circa Get Ready, while the synthesised vocals come across like Elliot Minor. Messy doesn't even begin to describe it.

Actually, this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink effort seems far too cluttered, noisy and confused to become a chart hit. But then last single 'Propane Nightmares', an even worse track than this, made it into the top ten after gaining support from Radio 1. 'The Other Side' is percussive and clearly designed to get dance floors moving, but outside of that context it's little more than a boisterous, unwanted assault on the ear drums.


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