Preface with I actually really like a bunch of tracks on Hold Your Colour and it definitely had a huge impact on the scene even if it gets the punchline treatment like Hospital from the heads. That said I think the clearest direct influence is Bad Company. Shot Down On Safari LP (2002) The vocal on Mo' Fire, the whole style of Hornet, the step changes (and even the name...), the synth on Torpedo. Then parts of Book of The Bad LP (2001) like Ladies of Spain. There's a lot of Bad Company that sounds very familiar. They were also on Fresh's label BBK so it's not surprising. There's a healthy dose of innovation on Hold Your Color for sure but there's also some very clear contemporary influences.

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What I really liked about Vault was the production quality. People would tear out of The Calling or similar into Vault and it'd be like you'd cleaned your ears out mid dancefloor. Everything sounded similar a year later but a year before not so much.