Today I downloaded The Chemical Brothers new album, Further. In these days of being able to preview entire albums before purchasing, it’s a no-brainer that I like it. But my reason for doing so is that the album is a reminder of the epic electronic music I love (not too surprising, since it’s the Chemical Brothers), but don’t often find done well. Further even has musical motifs that are exactly like some favorite old Orbital lines. The “album” aspect of Further is also intriguing, even critical. I wouldn’t say there are any smashing singles here, but taken as a whole the collection is a great piece of work.