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Music for an Accelerated Culture is the debut album from new rave/grindie band Hadouken!. The album contains nine new songs, three of which ("Spend Your Life", "What She Did" and "Declaration of War") have been previously played on tour, the album also includes two older Hadouken! songs; Liquid Lives and That Boy That Girl.[1][2][3][4] The title is a reference to Douglas Coupland's book Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture. The name could also have been derived from The Prodigy's album, Music for the Jilted Generation.

History

Live versions of "What She Did" and "Declaration of War" were made available for a limited time on Atlantic Records youtube channel.

The first track, "Get Smashed Gate Crash" was added to the bands' MySpace in February 2008. The album was supposedly leaked onto various torrent sites however it has been confirmed to be fake.

A clip of "Declaration of War" became available on the internet on March 25 2008. It was later announced that the song would be a single, and that the video would begin screening at several locations around the country in an unconventional method;

  • 28.03.08 - London St Martin in The Fields Church. Trafalgar Square - 18.30
  • 29.03.08 - Leeds. The Cockpit. Swinegate -
  • 20.30.03.08 - Manchester MEN arena - 18.30
  • 31.03.08 - Glasgow. ABC2 Sauchiehall Street - 18.30[5][6]

A further fake copy surfaced two weeks before the release of the album which used 30 second previews of the songs on a loop, the band responded to this stating: "Some moronic blog writers have downloaded this version, failed to spot it's not actually the album and written reviews of it saying that all the songs are really repetitive. Errr megalolzeleven at them. Please buy your own copy and make up your own mind as to whether it's any cop or look out for genuine reviews in all the usual magazines in the next few weeks.".[7]

On May 16 it was announced that "Crank It Up" would be the fifth single from the album.

Track listing

  1. "Get Smashed Gate Crash" - 3:21
  2. "That Boy That Girl" - 3:32
  3. "Game Over" - 3:35
  4. "Declaration of War" - 3:11
  5. "Mr Misfortune" - 3:17
  6. "Crank It Up" - 3:00
  7. "What She Did" - 3:18
  8. "Driving Nowhere" - 3:48
  9. "Liquid Lives" 2:51
  10. "Spend Your Life" - 3:13
  11. "Wait for You" - 4:00


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References

  1. ^ HMV has the album track listed on their site. suptype=1&t=1&sub_type=3&prod_id=4682&col=30 Music For An Accelerated Culture pre-order hadouken.co.uk/trinity street direct Hadouken! debut album details/Aerials fan club
  2. ^ Hadouken! Not Here To Please You - Bonus content - Short Introduction to Hadouken!
  3. ^ Tuesday, January 22, 2008, ITS A RIOT IN AN ARCADE. myspace Hadouken! blog
  4. ^ NME Hadouken! play new song Declaration - retrieved March 03 2008
  5. ^ Hadouken! to screen new video in UK cities NME March 28
  6. ^ Hadouken Declare War Playlouder
  7. ^ Myspace blog - Thursday, April 10, 2008 - IMPORTANT - ALBUM NEWS
  8. ^ HMV Hadouken album tracklisting
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