![]() ![]() Hot on the heels of ‘Firestarter’, this 1996 single blazes into sharp peaks and sudden drops like a carnival rollercoaster whose operator fell asleep at the controls. Williamson yells righteous barbs against the pseudo-riche – “Private jet, personal flyer/ All Danny, all fucking Dyer” – with enough fire in his belly to set the White Island ablaze in a breath.Īn unlikely Top 3 hit for the Essex boys, their debut single stands among their most deranged dancefloor experiments, intercutting helter-skelter synths with a gurny vocal that sounds like either a cat convinced it’s a man or vice-versa. Whoever saw the potential here deserves the heartiest of pints, for this Prodigy-Sleaford Mods pair-up finds the perfect equilibrium between breakbeats and bile. A precursor to the (even more) furious aggression of ‘The Day is my Enemy’, ‘Omen’ is the highlight of 2009’s ‘Invaders Must Die’, the kind of incendiary firecracker you suspect might transpire if Hudson Mohawke hopped in a spaceship with Calvin Harris and set sights on the pop charts. ![]()
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