Search - Shitmat :: Full English Breakfest

Pretty mad.....

Chris 'raging bill' Burton | either Kent or Manchester, United Kingdom | 01/25/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"When someone say's breakcore I tend to think of dark evil soundscapes and brain melting rhythms that would make most people squirm. Sh*tmat throughs that out of the window. I don't think he takes his tongue out of his cheek for the entire Full English Breakfast album. Its all rather light hearted and jokey despite the ever noisy drum patterns. I remember seeing him live at Glade Festival 2005 but for, er, obvious reasons my memory of his music was rather hazy. But what I do remember was that it was great to dance to.



Does it make great listening music though? Not especially. Its all far to random and quirky to be that enjoyable and ends up becoming a little annoying after a while. Sampling everyone from Sean Paul and Eminem to Prodigy to 50s music and Christian hymns, mashing it all up and layering it over breakcore beats is a great little gimmick but hardly makes incredible music. Its all the name of fun of course, but that doesn't make it any less silly. Much of what can be heard here would be great comic relief as part of a more serious album, but an entire album of it gets rather old after a while.



If you're looking for a shamelessly noisy, silly and most of all fun breakcore album then Full English Breakfast will serve you well. If it seems like I hate Full English Breakfast, I don't. I just don't particularly like it either. I throw it on from time to time to listen to a few tracks here and there but in the long run I think I'll stick with Venetian Snares and Enduser, thank you."