Customer Reviews

Add Insult to Injury

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This is a far more accomplished offering than Add N To X's previous "Avant Hard" album. From the onset, this trio of antique synth and organic drum dabblers builds insistent grooves with a pleasantly cheesy edge. There's a well-balanced focus on both the rhythmic gains that have been made in the techno arena over the last few years and the undeniable cuteness of synth-pop tunes from several decades ago. They're also not afraid to try their hand at the vocoder, an instrument which has become all to fashionable of late.

Add N to X thankfully keep on getting better and better! And it's almost like theyre morphing into the world's best retro-futuristic minimalist jam band. Not what you'd expect from three analog synths and a drummer, they definitely rock on this album and the compositions are better that ever...sometimes majestic sounding, some times infused with a punk attitude, some times melodic or bluesy, the album runs the gamit while retaining a higher level of cohesion than on past albums. And they definitely jam, use cool sounds and almost fusion-y, often rump shaking beats. I'm really enjoying it, and well, of course I recommend it!

This was the secound album I bought from Add N to X, its a great piece of work. Its a very gritty synthesizer driven album done with vintage synths and a real drummer (as apposed to a drum machine). I also like their use of the vocoder. This record is a little more pop than "On The Wires of Our Nerves."

Somehow more cohesive than their previous outing - if generally tighter in scope - Add Insult To Injury holds together that much better than Avant Hard, so it's impressive that ten of the thirteen tracks could easily pass for singles. While there wasn't anything arhythmic on Avant Hard, right from the very first track Insult To Injury is irresistably infectious and keen. Without relying so heavily on samples, the soundscape Injury spans is more akin to an album dithering around than a series of experiments (Ann's Eveready Equestrian, Steve's Going To Teach Himself Who's Boss), and the result is more listenable still.

But to brand Insult a small improvement on Avant Hard doesn't do it justice - on its own, Insult has more moments of genius, fewer uninteresting ideas and more of the inimitable cool of danceable cheese that comes from the most sinister and horrible depths of the human psyche than any other album, and in its field, is king.

The best way to describe this band is to think of the sounds of devo and daft punk thrown in a pot and jumbled up, then filtered of all their cheesiness and innocent campness.

The vibes of this record bring to mind the buzzing electricity of someone sticking their fingers in an outlet socket, as the band present themselves as mischievous but dark at the same time.

Open minded people who embrace diversity and originality should love this album, but it should never be taken seriously or literally as it might end up driving you insane

Add N to X are a weird band. There music is intense and at times a little bit too much to take. This album is one of their more accessible but it still tends to be mind warping. If you are interested in this band but haven't got any of their albums you should check them out-they are really good

This album is pretty good. It still is not as good as the albums before, but it is pretty ok. Like 'Loud like nature' it isn't as much live like other ADD N TO (X). Older stuff like 'Avant Hard' and 'On the wires of our nerves' sound more straight to tape, live rock band sound. I liked that better. this is more slick, but not as bad as 'Loud like nature'.