Chris Corner started the Sneaker Pimps back when he was practically still in diapers. Now, having moved on, he's releasing his second album under his alter ego I Am X. If you haven't heard him before, imagine if Depeche Mode had been born on a nightclub dancefloor and had never left. Throw in some Brian Molko-like vocals and you've pretty much nailed it.
Don't mistake a simple summary for a poor product though. Corner knows what he's doing and he's good at it. The tracks I've got here are the single "Spit it Out", the Alexander Kowalski remix of said track and the B-Side, "Night Life".
"Spit it Out" sounds like a lot of his previous work. Again, no surprises, but it's one of those tracks you could play cold on a dancefloor and have people dance without ever having heard it before. Even moreso with the remix which has an amped up bassline, plenty of vocals and a nice intro/outro.
I'd call this an 11:30pm track that would be a perfect fit between a Placebo remix and any Jaques Lu Cont remix.
"Night Life" on the other hand, harkens back to a day when at any moment you might find your eye poked out by a flying glow stick and your success with the opposite gender could be determined by the amount your pants billowed or the quantity of candy on your necklace. "I want to know how to survive in the nightlife" Corner croons, just before the Mortal Kombat synthesizers hit you full blast. Put down your PS1, hop into your Miata and get to the warehouse fast!
I'd play this at about 3:00 am, between some Underworld and some Prodigy.
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