Album Review: The Bloody Beetroots - Hide

This week Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo presents to the listening public the much anticipated second Bloody Beetroots album, Hide. The amusing cover of Hide seems to celebrate the illustrious Sir Bob's move to America where it seems he has become trapped in some kind of Escape From L.A. scenario and is trying to soundtrack his way out of desperate situations with the Beetroots' trademark punk-rocktronica that comes with a blitz of '80s synth cheese and immense pounding beats. The results are not too dissimilar to Kavinsky's recent album, OutRun, but what distinguishes The Beetroots from like-minded contemporaries are the stadium-sized beats specifically designed to ignite complete mayhem at festivals all over the world.

Much like Daft Punk's recent album, Hide also features many high profile collaborations that are sure to pique even the most casual of listeners' curiosity. There's been plenty of talk about that collaboration with Paul McCartney, who features on the sinister love song Out Of Sight. Elsewhere Tommy Lee belts the skins on the viciously rocking Raw before having a staged dummy spit as the track briefly shifts gear into camp hi-NRG electro disco. Crass's ever outraged Penny Rimbaud gets on his soapbox for a rant on The Furious, advocating anarchy while The Beetroots move from Nyman-esque orchestral repetition into riot beat chaos. The Bloody Beetroots give us one wild roller coaster ride of an album that looks set to leave a trail of major dance floor damage in its wake.