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Gavin Rossdale didn't have to do this. Bush had already sold over thirteen million records - not bad for a workaday grunge unit. But Rossdale wasn't happy, and told people he wanted to create something "from a different angle." The Science of Things is the sound of Rossdale sleeping at night thinking classicism and experimentation can coincide.

Strange, however, that this new disc sounds a lot like old Bush. Okay, if you listen hard, those are drum 'n' bass samples buried beneath "Altered States." However the band's real Science - and this should come as no surprise to longtime Bush zealots - is loud angst and even louder guitars. "Warm Machine"s opening blast lets Rossdale and Nigel Pulsford engage in an amped-up tug-of-war that even gives the glam-lite lyrics a bit of weight. Elsewhere, "Space Travel" is silly science fiction, but with Rossdale's squeeze Gwen Stefani on backing vocals, the band sounds almost tender.

Frontmen have their purpose. Rossdale's growling baritone has made Bush's sound the current state of the FM, which is why every radio station is playing the excellent "Chemicals Between Us." He even croons the piano 'n' cello ballad "Letting the Cables Sleep" like it's next year's "Penny Royal Tea." Bush aren't Nirvana. Or Radiohead. But they stay the same quite nicely.

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