Bloodsport
Best known for their dance-floor hit "Spin Spin Sugar" and cracking 1997 debut,Becoming X, the British trip-hop quartet Sneaker Pimps have delivered a marvelous third album that bristles with inventive, shimmering electronics. Evoking slivers of oldDepeche Mode,Killing Joke,Moloko, andMarilyn Manson, the Pimps meld and manipulate samples and snippets into smart trip-pop that hits on every level. Highlights? All of it, but "Sick" has a rudely addictive, airy loop in its upbeat refrain, while "The Fuel" is a Wim Wenders desert movie filtered through the Pimps' trip-hop conscience. WithBloodsport, the Pimps have successfully made their very own groovy alterna-dance-punk masterpiece.--Steffan Chirazi