Pendulum - the new prodigy?

Spawned out of the land of drum n bass in 2003, the Oz trio hailing from Perth, have landed the number 2 spot in the album charts this week.

Donned as "the new Prodigy", I checked out their myspace page to see how far "In silico" had progressed from the dance collectives' 165 bpm roots. A fusion of cheesy synths and wanky vocals over a backdrop of rock & dnb. Definitely not a revolutionary sound, reminiscient of the Prodigy, but a synthetic formula masked by banging drums and sophisticated production. Couldn't help but cringe as I flicked through the tracks.

Probably have to reach the next dnb rave strapped after this, haha - gonna have to brave it!

Anyways, rant over and big ups for passing through.