Groove Armada - Get Down / Soundboy Rock

Soundboy Rock, then, is the sound of a band ten years young. It's an album teeming with ideas, featuring a roll-call of superlative talents. It's a testament to Groove Armada's core visionary genius that it all flows together like one seamless whole. Like the seasoned DJs they are, Cato and Findlay know that context is everything - that the highest high can be made higher still, that the mellowest pull-it-back moment can still pack a mighty punch. And if you can shape all that into one album, you might be onto something: a record that'll have you pogoing in a field, rocking on the sofa or bouncing off the walls in a club.

Tom Findlay: 'Dance music is in a period of transition. It's an interesting time, whether it's Klaxons or New Young Pony Club. It felt right to make an exciting record that wasn't taking itself too seriously. We wanted to have a lot of different styles and vocalists, but give it a little flow... Pop is an attitude we believe in. And we believe in challenging ourselves. Both those strains run through the album."

Andy Cato: "There's a kind of no-nonsense attitude about this record. We've been taking a storming live show round the world for ten years. We wanted to capture that energy for the first time on a whole CD. 'Aggressive' might not be the right word, but 'ballsy' is."

Groove Armada will precede the album with the single Get Down, featuring Stush on the 30th April (Columbia) The album Soundboy Rock follows on the 7th May (Columbia)page << 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 >>