Short Music Review: Ladytron
Ladytron’s first album, 604, is what I thought music was supposed to sound like in the future back when I was growing up in the ’80s. Their second album, Light and Magic, is decent, but I found it kind of disappointing—a little too much “electronica/dance” and not enough “electroclash,” as far as I was concerned. Their newest album, The Witching Hour, has neat cover art and makes me appreciate the band more. Some of the reviews on Amazon feel that Ladytron is trying to hard to sound like other bands, even that the new album is “less electroclash and more punky which is certainly a bad thing.” That reviewer complains that the new album isn’t an evolution in new wave revival, but “a change in style.” I don’t know how to characterize the new album, exactly—it’s got a little more of a rock sound to it than it did before, less of a dance sound, anyway—but I’m glad the band decided to try something new, because we don’t need another new wave revival album. I’m thinking that this album sounds like what I thought music was supposed to sound like in the future after hearing 604.
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By Kai on 01.12.06 3:20 pm
Admittedly, I haven’t listened to the new album all that much, but the first thing that occurred to me when I heard it was that it sounded like they’d been listening to a lot of old Curve, circa Doppleganger and Cuckoo. On the other hand, I haven’t listened that that much recent Curve, either, so Ladytron and Curve may have fused into the same band for all that I know. But I doubt it.
I would also like to note that, not even tangentially so much as perpendicularly, I just misread the title of the Moby song “We Are All Made Of Stars” as “We Are All Made Of Sitars”, which I think would be a fantastic name for a remix.
By Kai on 01.12.06 3:22 pm
It’s interesting you say that about Curve, as I think one of the Amazon reviewers complained that the new album didn’t sound enough like Curve. Or maybe I’m confusing Amazon reviews with a conversation I had with you, just like I always do.
I have a deep longing to hear “We Are All Made of Sitars” now.
By Jason on 01.15.06 2:34 am
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