Spirit in the System

Following the ground-rupturing, genre-fusing success of their ballistic debut full-length, 2009's Join the Q, The Qemists return with their brilliant second album, Spirit in the System, a bolder and more sophisticated beast betraying a confidence drawn from playing their wild noise to riotous audiences across the globe. While Spirit in the System delivers plenty of The Qemists' trademark visceral energy – like "Your Revolution," the first single off the album, with its galloping drum and bass tempo changes and ribcage-rattling sub-bass riffs and captivating vocals from Brighton based Matt Rose – it's a deeper experience than its predecessor, the group having gained the confidence to touch feelings as well as move bodies. Features collaborations from the likes of Rob Hawkins (The Automatic), grime MCs Maxta and MC ID, and Enter Shikari, to name but a few. The Qemists remain as brilliantly, defiantly indefinable as ever.