Simian Mobile Disco - Unpatterns - CD

2012 album from the British Dance/Electronica act. With their albums to date, spanning from their seminal debut Attack Decay Sustain Release to 2011's compilation album Delicacies', the only through line in their varied career has been their constant refusal to play by the rules, their creative restlessness resulting in them staying perpetually ahead of the curve. In a sharp leftfield turn from the addictive pop ballast and canny guest vocals of their previous records, Seraphim sees them in playfully experimental form, creating a spaced out anthem drenched in sun-kissed euphoria. Elsewhere, ghosts in the machine croon on 'I Waited for You', a Cyborg Chicago house singer implores you to 'Put Your Hands Together' and alien choirs raise their voices in the ambient 'Fourteenth Principles'. It's a record full of love, dedication, hard-earned experience, obvious understanding of decades of electronic music from across scenes and styles, and huge fun. It's completely of the now, showing a band as familiar with Blawan and Lone as they are with Silver Apples and Phuture, but never jumping on bandwagons.