| Artist |
| Project Pitchfork |
| Title |
| Quantum Mechanics |
| Format/Cat |
| CD TRI 437 CD |
| Label |
| Trisol |
| Style |
| Industrial electro |
| Date of review |
| 20th December 2011 |
| Reviewer |
| Carl Jenkinson |
| Rating |
| 8/10 |
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Signing to Trisol seems to have provided Peter Spilles much more time to work on new songs as this is the Pitchies third album in as many years (& that's not counting Santa Hates You which has been even more prolific in the same period!), in contrast to most of the first eight years of the new millenium which saw them release the same number of albums & two EPs! What's even better news is that this, whilst maintaining the polished & crisply-delivered thrills of the previous two albums, wipes the floor with either of them with the first half of the album proving especially good value as, after the by now traditional surging & dynamic, anti-dictator-themed opener in the form of 'Freeze In Silence' they really hit the spot with the excellent 'Lament', where, even if the triumphant mood of the chorus is somewhat at odds with the downbeat lyrics, it's impossible not to get swept up in its brilliance, quickly making its mark as one of PP's finest tracks of recent times. This high standard is maintained by the punchy & catchy 'Run For Cover' & the fast-paced 'Radical Business' where the uplifting theme is offset by a touch of the offbeat before 'Mute Spectators' goes for a more melancholic mood that builds into a rousing finale & the reflective title track allows the listener time to get their breath back. Hereafter the quality becomes a tad more variable with 'The Queen Of Time And Space' being the nadir in this writer's opinion (sorry, it just bugs me) & while 'Splice' benefits from a somewhat harsher mood than what has preceded it it's left to the closing 'You Rest In My Heart' to end the album on a high note with soaring synths that resemble vintage Numan (never a bad thing, in my book) adding to the track's already memorable mood; it's a triumphant conclusion to a fine album that proves the Pitchies still have what it takes & then some!
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