The Presets make an Underworld worthy album

Yeah, nothing these days really sounds that new let's all be honest. But it doesn't have to be a bad thing in my book.  The Presets new album Pacifica does a great job sounding like Underworld and yet sounding original enough not to bore me.  Songs like "Youth In Trouble" and "Surrender" are total Underworld flashbacks to me.  They do have some tracks that jump the rail like "Ghosts" and "Promises" that actually sound more like Erasure to me.  Honestly, I think the entire album has a lot going on to make a wide variety of electronica fans happy.

"Youth In Trouble" is one of the first singles off Pacifica.  It's a good club thumping song that made me dust off my Underworld CD's.

"Ghosts" seems to be their latest single.  You can tell these guys really have range in their sound.  That's what made the album appealing to me.

The swimming in this song reminded me of the New Puritans song "We Want War."  This band never made a splash here in the States.   I know totally random but enjoy it anyways.

Here's "Bruce Lee" from Underworld's album Beaucoup Fish.  The band kids, not the movie.  Just wanted to show why I thought The Presets on some songs sounded similar.  Beaucoup Fish still sounds great 13 years later.