Chemicals on tour

Chemical Brothers-Battle Scars (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Remix)

The Chemical Brothers are heading out this month for a short UK tour and have been pretty much touring solidly since the release of We Are The Night. The Chemical’s latest album holds together as their best in years, much more than just a few ‘big tunes’ and filler, combining dark acid house and psychedelic folk with the likes of Willy Mason and Midlake contributing guest vocals. Their live show is about as impressive as its ever been and if it leaves some of their more mellow tunes at home in favour of the rave monsters it makes up for this with a truly astounding visual show.

Below is part of their triumphant set headlining the Other stage on the last night of Glastonbury back in June.



Often remixes of their work fall a bit flat in my opinion, probably because the originals tracks have often been pushed as far as they can be towards the dance floor. For the album track Battle Scars they have enlisted Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve to give more of a psychedelic spin working beautifully with Willy Mason’s laconic vocals. Hopefully the likes of Mountain of One and Studio might get their hands on some of the more downbeat album tracks for some remixes.

UK Tour Dates

06/12/2007 - Manchester Apollo, Manchester
07/12/2007 - Birmingham NIA, Birmingham
08/12/2007 - SECC, Glasgow
09/12/2007 - Liverpool Aintree Pavilion, Liverpool
12/12/2007 - Brighton Centre, Brighton,
13/12/2007 - Brixton Academy, London,
14/12/2007 - Brixton Academy, London,
15/12/2007 - Brixton Academy, London,

Battle Scars at Phonica

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