English electronic music legends, The Prodigy, have decided that they are no Longer declaring war on dance music now that their new album, The Day Is My Enemy, has been released.
In the run up to album’s March 30th release, band members Liam Howlett and Keith Flint made a number of scathing accusations aimed at the current state of dance music claiming that “electronic music had become pop music” and that they were going to “wipe it out”.
However, in a surprising turn of events, the band no longer seem to be attacking the industry with the same vitriol now that their eagerly awaited sixth studio album has hit the shelves.
“We decided that dance music wasn’t that bad after all,” explained Flint during a chat with Wunderground earlier today. “It’s just a total coincidence that we happened to figure that out around the same time as our album was due to be released. Life can be funny like that sometimes.”
“It’s not like we were just making these claims to build a furore ahead of our release,” continued Flint. “We genuinely did think the industry had gone to shit but then, after some very careful consideration, we changed our mind and decided that it was all OK again.”
“Sure, there are still some artists in the industry whose music is the equivalent of an aural lobotomy,” claimed Flint, who claims he invented the modern shuffling craze which he calls a “bastardised version of dance moves [they] used in the 90s”. “But at the end of the day those artists are not a reflection on real electronic music and should just be ignored when speaking about actual dance music or met backstage at a festival, like Brian Harvey or DJ Sneak.”
“We’ve collectively changed our mind,” revealed Flint. “It’s easier in the long run because we don’t have to do anything and you don’t have to listen to us talking about doing stuff we’ll never do. So hopefully everyone just buys the album and gets on with it.”
