Pheromones was released on the one-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, which is no coincidence since the album contains the anti-terrorism anthem "Thanks For Playing [With US]." TFP was written mere days after the attacks and was even played for a deployed Special Forces unit in the very first days of the war on terror. However, do not mistake this album for a kitschy mix full of pappy, sappy jingoist croonings. In fact, TFP follows America Inline [American Grandstand], a decidedly skeptical political song, a fiendishly clever assemblage of familiar Internet voice clips that send a witty message of the truest type of patriotism -- dissent. Speaking of assemblages, the penultimate track on Pheromones was composed and mixed by Tom Shear of Assemblage 23, and transforms an already great song -- the single, Blow Up The World -- into an ethereal, apocalyptic dance club lullaby. The album is not all serious and dark, however. True to form, Boole has a lot of tongue-in-cheek fun on Pheromones, displaying their range with a song about the joys of oral sex (Libertine), and two blockbuster cover songs that were born on opposite sides of the music universe: Everyday Is Halloween (originally Ministry) and Mr. Roboto (originally Styx). Two mixes of the title track offer a sardonic, pounding commentary on the dating scene that is as catchy as it is thought provoking. Despite not being available digitally until nearly 9 years after initial release, Pheromones is still one of the most popular full length albums produced by Dancing Bull Productions. Prophetic for 2002, and yet still well produced and relevant in 2011, upon listening to this album, you'll swear some of these songs were written 9 years in the future, not the other way around. ============ About Boole ============ Seminal: The Apologizers. Boole first took form in 1990 as The Apologizers, a comedically oriented and eclectic electronica project whose closest popular relatives might have been Ween, or some of the stranger projects of Atom Heart. Live shows involved extreme weirdness and instrument smashing. (Apologizers material is still available for purchase on boole.org, in the form of the 500 unit limited edition double CD \"Blimp To The Sun,\" which represents a cross section of over 250 works written between 1990 and 2000.) The Reformation: Boole. In 1996, boole was formed by br0d and MAB in Baltimore, Maryland, at Loyola College. After doing a few comps and playing a few shows in the local area, boole relocated to scenic Washington, DC. Sonically, boole represents elements of old style EBM, trance, rhythmic industrial, electro, jazz, funk, disco, and other popular forms. Their music is self-professed \"synthtrance,\" and hybridization will always be a predominant aspect of their music. For better or worse, beyond the staple elements of beat and melody, you will never know exactly what to expect from boole, because boole\'s background leaves them no choice but to innovate. Both formative members come from jazz and classical performance backgrounds first and foremost, with later excursions into punk, thrash, metal, hardcore, and of course trance, techno, and G/I. ALL members are driven by a deep and abiding love for music, just like you. Chances are, if you\'re not currently a fan, then you\'ve probably heard a boole song and not even known it.