Has anyone listened to the new album yet?
I managed to grab some 192-rips and listened to the whole album last night. It's 14tracks, 1 hour. Pretty long album.
The first few tracks are old school SAPS Death Jazz, as exemplified by their single STORM (
youtube link) - it's busy, loud, and explosive.
The rest of the album is actually less busy than what I'm usually used to from SAPS. Some songs sound almost like they came from Sunaga t Experience - it's that loungey. I'd say PLANET PIMP sounds most like their first album PIMPIN', which features a more relaxed, loungey sound than their subsequent albums. Planet Pimp also has some afro-cuban jazz sounds, especially in the track Sea of Tranquility.
I think the album gets progressively better after every song, but a few tracks standout:
STORM, this one has the unmistakable SAPS sound.
Khamasin, I like this because the first half of the song is surprisingly minimalist for SAPS
This album actually ends with a ballad. I would never have imagined them writing a ballad. While not my favourite song on the whole album, it does tie everything in a neat little bow.
I'm gonna have to buy this CD.