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Pendulum – Fasten Your Seatbelts Ft. The Freestylers (Hold Your Colour, 2005)

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The chords you hear in the opening minute or so are what you’re going to be hearing throughout. After a bit of reverby jammed up samples, a few vocals, and a dramatic “Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seatbelts,” you’re dropped right into the main groove – deep kicks, splashy snares, a brassy bassline supplemented by a barely audible sub line, and an incredibly catchy little hook. Punctuated by occasional “Sound Boy” and “Combination Style!” vocal samples, things continue forward – there’s a lot going on, all revolving around what we were initially introduced to. Occasionally things will break for a moment, or some piano will appear, but it’s mostly the same, until the break at 3:40.

Bleeps and bloops, plus a phased-out pad, and the ever-present “sound boy, you’re too young to be a soldier, combination style!” sample (I don’t know if that’s really what they’re saying, but it sounds like that.) At about 4:45 the song essentially comes full circle, kicking you right back to that head-bobbing hook.

There isn’t really much more to say about this, since it’s a little repetitive, but that little melody line is undeiably catchy – I’ve found myself whistling it several times since I ran across this album.