Hadouken! – Levitate

“I want this played over very loud speakers.”

Tom: First things first: I read the first line of the lyric video as “heart in my mouth butt” and now I can’t get it out of my head.

Tim: Oh, why would you do that? And why would you mention it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEN23fZ6kRY

Tom: Anyway, Hadouken. Heavy, danceable, almost uncategorisable tracks with synths and guitars that sound a bit like it could – like their name – be straight out of a video game. This isn’t a massive change in direction for them – and I’m thankful for that, ‘cos it’s a damn good track.

Tim: Hmm. If I could be bothered, I’d be happy to draw a graph of how my enjoyment varied throughout the course of it. We go from ‘mild’ throughout the intro, to ‘very high’ for the first vocal section, down a bit for the next instrumental, way further down for the second instrumental bit, and fluctuating further, in both directions, throughout the rest of the song.

Tom: There’s more than a bit of Pendulum’s sound in here – not surprising, since they supported them on tour a couple of years ago. If nothing else, this is a melting pot of genres that just… works. I want this played over very loud speakers, and I want to be dancing like an idiot to it.

Tim: Yes. Loud speakers, dancing like an idiot, I could like this a lot.