I won't say anything if you don't.

Hands up who likes Moby?

Ok hands up who secretly likes Moby?

Yeah thought so.

Back in 1999 Moby released the rather brilliant "Play". I thought it was brilliant and know you thought it was brilliant because we all thought it was brilliant and it sold like a gazillion copies, making it the biggest-selling electronica album ever. That word again, ever. At which point EVERY track was licenced to a film, an advert or a tv show and we all decided Moby was a corporate cock sucker.

Our snobbery knew no bounds and Moby was no longer cool enough to hang around with us.

When he released "18" in 2002 i had a sneaky listen to it but because it wasn't as good as "Play" i dismissed him again for still not being cool enough to hang around with, only now he was probably a washed up hack too.

So like everyone else i ignored "Hotel" and "Last Night". Actually i didn't so much ignore as was oblivious to them, i didn't even know he was still putting out albums. You know, what with him being a hack and all that.

But i have to ask, have you heard any of "Wait For Me"? I didn't mean to, it was a bit of an accident at work and i caught some of "Mistake". And i liked it. (Dig the crazy irony)

Let me tell you now, you're not too cool for Moby anymore.

Trust me on this, you're not.

Somewhere between all that self indulgent blogging around 9/11 and that Dungeons & Dragons admission, he got his mojo back. In his own words he was trying to make a very personal, very melodic, emotional, beautiful record, and he delivers it.

Proof you say? Meh, that's easy, i've even got a video.

In fact, i'm going to go as far as to say that "Mistake" is every bit as good as anything on "Play". No, wait i'm going on record to say that it's a natural successer to "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad?".

There i've said it, it's out there now.

You're going to have to check it out for yourself now aren't you? It really does deserve a listen. I suppose if your snobbery gets the better of you, you can always pretend you're being ironic.

But listen anyway, It can be our little secret.

davey.