The Chemical Brothers Score Hanna

So we went to see Hanna at the Sundance Kabuki on Friday, and other than a woman sitting next to me who sighed with empathy/admiration/sadness/humor every 30 seconds and said "Oh Jeez" any time anything happened at all, it was a pretty enjoyable experience. The movie was solid, not life changing, but solid, and I was particularly pleased to discover the soundtrack is totally awesome. I kept Shazaming it throughout the movie and quickly realized all the songs were done by The Chemical Brothers. Hats off to those guys, they're really enjoying a second coming. I was super into them in the 90's and really thought they were dunzo after that, but starting with a post I did almost a year ago it's come to my attention that these guys can still put together some killer tracks. They should definitely do more movies. Well done, boys.

The Chemical Brothers - "The Pills Won't Help You Now"

In high school I had this dark blue Chemical Brother's T-shirt that I used to wear quite often. I saw someone wearing it a few months ago and thought how that was such a moment in time when the Chemical Brothers were very, very important and popular and how incredibly irrelevant they are to me–and I could only assume everyone else–now.

Then just the other week, Junna made me an excellent mix. When I asked her who one of my favorite songs on it was by, she told me it was The Chemical Brothers. I was a bit tickled and totally shocked and a little happy for them that they were not only still kicking, but that they had–at the very least–put out one really excellent song that represented a musical maturation from their 90's fame and glory of block rockin' beats to something a bit more Postal Service-like. Tim Smith from the band Midlake provides the beautiful vocals, which in a lot of ways makes the song, but hey it's technically still The Chemical Brothers. Have a listen above and see for yourself. I find myself listening to it several times in a row a couple times a day.

Maybe I can try to find that old T-shirt and give it another go around since it's actually probably authentically vintage at this point. Eh, maybe I'll just stick with this song for now.