'To All New Arrivals' is the fifth studio album proper from trance superband Faithless. An act that are as comfortable selling out arenas as they are playing clubs, this album finds the group in fine form, with collaborations from Cat Power and Robert Smith helping the band to push the borders between dance and rock to new and exciting levels. Includes the single 'Bombs'.

Oct 2006

Off the back their extremely successful greatest hits album, 'Forever Faithless', Faithless release their new studio album – 'To All New Arrivals'. A classic ‘the morning after the night before’ album: melodic, but sonically pushes the boat out. And in true Faithless style, they’re not afraid of experimenting, or to say what they think. It’s a big, warm, passionate album. 'Bombs' is hugely confident and emotionally alive, and is the first single from this fantastic album to attack our airwaves.

• CMJ (3/5/01, p.25) - "...Eclectic and charismatic....drawing ingenious parallels between trip-hop, house, soul, acoustic pop and subdues techno without breaking a sweat. This is a blissful, brazen and impeccably arranged collection of timeless tunes."

This is a continuous in-the-mix CD compiled and mixed by Faithless.
Producers include: Rollo, Dido, M. Bates, Matty Benbrook, Pauline Taylor.
Dido's "My Life," the opening cut on Faithless' installation in the BACK TO MINE after-hours mix series, establishes the tone for this down-tempo set. As a late-night mix should, the music here induces drowsy, indolent reverie, allowing the listener to float off on pulsing beats, soaring melodies, and ambient effects.
Dusted's "Childhood" and Sub Sub's "Past" perfectly articulate the mode, and the grooves get a bit heavier along the way with Adamski's "Never Goin' Down," and Alex Gopher's "The Child" (featuring vocal samples from Billie Holiday's "God Bless the Child"). The disc closes out with the triple-header of Aaron Neville's "Hercules," Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You," and Shinehead's cover of "Billie Jean" (in deep roots reggae/dub mode). It's an interesting mix, and one that will make that cozy, late-night comedown all the more enjoyable.

With roots in the UK House scene, British dance-pop collective Faithless made a big splash with its debut single "Salva Mea," a highly influential chart smash. Theirs was a multi-hued style, with Maxi Jazz's rapping, the mixing skills of Rollo and Sister Bliss, and the vocals of Jamie Catto and occasionally Rollo's sister, Dido (who would go on to huge success as a solo artist). Throughout the second half of the 1990s, Faithless played an important role in the British music world, even though their star faded somewhat in the 2000s after personnel changes.