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Album Review: Chase & Status - Brand New Machine

The final track, Alive, is incredibly affirming stuff, however. More of that please.



Drum'n'bass, dub, garage, trap; Chase & Status' third album is everywhere, but because of that it sometimes floats nowhere. Guests appear throughout but they too are hit and miss. Moko is class on uplifting synth-led number Count On Me; however, the likes of Pusha T (Machine Gun) and Elli Ingram (Heaven Knows) sound like they sent through a one-take vocal line and simply cashed the cheque.

Although they're arena worthy performance-wise, Chase & Status still seem to be finding the full-length format elusive. The final track, Alive, is incredibly affirming stuff, however. More of that please.