Pendulum is retro-post-apocalyptic. They’re the band you’d hear playing at a dance club down the street from the Thunderdome. I’d estimate that about 97% of the world would find their music completely unlistenable, as they Voltron a bunch of already frequently loathed genres into one huge anarchic clusterfuck. But if you’re in the 3% that’s been waiting for someone to make an album of DnB/trance/prog rock/industrial, well, you’ll want to pick up Immersion on June 8.

You can’t really call Pendulum innovators, because they rip off a lot of successful electronic bands pretty shamelessly. For example, “Comprachicos” – posted below – sounds just like Nine Inch Nails… except when it sounds just like The Prodigy. And their trance and DnB sections, on their own, would have sounded dated 5 years ago. But they use their influences wisely, and, like all great mash-ups, the whole turns out greater than the sum of its already-famous parts.

It’s some of the highest-energy music I’ve ever heard, and while there’s a good chance you’ll hate it, if you love it, you’ll really love it. Just… what the fuck’s up with the Trapper Keeper cover art?

MP3: Pendulum – Comprachicos (right-click to d/l)

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MP3: Pendulum – Set Me On Fire

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MP3: Pendulum – The Vulture

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