New Ellen Allien

Ellen Allien's new LP Dust has been released...and I gotta be honest, it ain't great. If this had been released by an unknown then perhaps I'd be easier on it but the glaring fact that this album has been created by the same woman who made 2006's Berlinette keeps lurking in the back of my mind. That album was so good and enduring that Allien's career for me will always be linked with it. I thought Sool was pretty good, an interesting stripped back album, minimal in the true sense of the word, and really not made for the dancefloor. Dust however seems to be almost purposefully produced for radio play. Sadface.