{"id":180208,"date":"2023-03-28T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=180208"},"modified":"2023-03-28T17:00:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T15:00:47","slug":"video-the-chemical-brothers-no-reason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-the-chemical-brothers-no-reason\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Chemical Brothers &#8211; No Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jm_WdaHBdlg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Chemical Brothers<\/strong> have unveiled the new single,<em> \u201cNo Reason,\u201d<\/em> their first fresh offering in two years.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by the elite electronic duo comprised of <strong>Tom Rowlands<\/strong> and <strong>Ed Simons<\/strong>,<em> \u201cNo Reason\u201d<\/em> features a sample of the New Wave band <strong>Second Layer\u2019s<\/strong> 1979 single,<em> \u201cCourts or Wars.\u201d<\/em> The track is heavy on the vibes but light on the optimism as grippingly deep bass and buoyant acid beat swell with wailing vocals that repeat, <em>\u201cWe have no reason to live\/ We have no reason at all.\u201d<\/em> Despite the song\u2019s seemingly directionless mindset, its production constantly pushes forward thanks to the group\u2019s myriad of flourishes and tricks, along with some celebratory <em>\u201cwoo!\u201d\u2018<\/em>s threw in for good measure.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Chemical Brothers<\/strong> prefaced <em>\u201cNo Reason\u201d<\/em> with a message via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cp2dDN3McQU\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/strong> that revealed,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf you\u2019ve seen us play live over the last year, you may have already heard an early version of it in our sets.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The duo also thanked <strong>Second Layer\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Graham Bailey<\/strong> and the late <strong>Adrian Borland<\/strong> as well as the original song\u2019s guitarist, <strong>Stephen Budd,<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cfor permission and blessing to use the sample. It means a lot.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The band will support their first new track since 2021 with a stretch of tour dates and festival appearances throughout the summer. Among their upcoming live sets are stops at <strong>Coachella <\/strong>in California, the UK\u2019s <strong>Isle of Wight Festiva<\/strong>l, and Paris\u2019<strong> Rock En Seine<\/strong>. Grab tickets to their upcoming shows <a href=\"https:\/\/prf.hn\/l\/zn5wJG9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"180209\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-the-chemical-brothers-no-reason\/cb-5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?fit=588%2C590&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"588,590\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CB\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?fit=588%2C590&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-180209\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?resize=538%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"538\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?resize=538%2C540&amp;ssl=1 538w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CB.png?w=588&amp;ssl=1 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 538px) 100vw, 538px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff The Chemical Brothers have unveiled the new single, \u201cNo Reason,\u201d their first fresh offering&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-KSA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}