![]() ![]() The duo mix progressive dance techniques and classic disco with ease, while guests, most notably Antony Hegarty, whose is featured on several tracks, provide the vocals.īrethren of the Free Spirit: All Things Are From Him, Through Him and in HimĪ collaboration between 12-string guitarist James Blackshaw and lute player Jozef van Wissem, Brethren of the Free Spirit sounds a lot like Blackshaw's other work, but with a little more medeval sound, courtesy of van Wissem. They're being called this years Justice, and if any dance album is going to be a crossover hit, this will likely be it. Never a wanting to do remotely the same thing twice, Japanese trio Boris has once again shifted their style, abandoning for the most part the hard-hitting guitar rock of Pink and, with the help of former collaborators Michio Kurihara and Stephen O'Malley, embracing a more abstract, beat centered psych-metal. I've narrowed down the best releases to thirty essentials, I now present them to you in no particular order: Once April ends, we'll be a third done with 2008 (already!) and so far it's been a pretty good year in music. ![]() It’s this mixture of glam era styles and bombastic prog leanings with modern indie rock sensibilities that makes the album so intriguing, and it’s a surprising sound album, whose only arguable fault is the length 12 tracks at 68 minutes can tend to be somewhat of an overload. ![]() Another large factor in the album is the quite obvious glam influence to be found at the core of many of the songs the outlandish eccentricities of David Bowie, the experimental string work of Brian Eno, the wicked pop of Roxy Music, the swagger and grit of T. Bombastic guitars screech and rumble in ascending lines while crystal clear strings do more than accent, they carry the songs in many cases. In truth it has more in common with symphonic prog bands such as Electric Light Orchestra than with, say, Arcade Fire. Arm’s Way takes the tradition of Canadian orchestral rock and blows it up to ridicules proportions from the over-dramatic lyrics, punning titles, verbose sounds, and even the insane and disturbing cover art. The other big change to Ladytron’s sound is actually a change back to the duel vocalist set-up used on their first two albums ( 604 and Light & Magic), so fans of Bulgarian vocalist Mira Aroyo will be pleased to know she shares the spotlight with Helen Marnie almost equally.Ĭomposed former of members of short-lived, much-loved indie pop The Unicorns, one might expect Islands to follow at least slightly in their footsteps, but a radical shift came with Islands first album, Return to the Sea and this change has been cemented completely on their second album. The atmosphere is laid on heavily, and the layers of sound wash over one another like a Cocteau Twins song, but is driven with propulsive rhythms and jagged electronics. ![]() If you could possible imagine what a Rio-era Duran Duran and My Bloody Valentine collaboration would sound like, you’d be at least in the right mindset to get this. But, whereas Witching Hour is an electroclash album with strong shoegaze influences, Velocifero is the opposite. The formula is same for Ladytron however, programmed drumming, throbbing Joy Division-esque bass, atmospheric synths, and swirling, effects laden guitars. That album’s follow-up, Velocifero, is a non-stop electroclash barrage with a thicker, fuller sound then its predecessor. It’s been a bit of time since Ladytron released their last album in 2005, and as all good electro bands should, they’ve advanced with times but also plumbed the depths of the past to refine the sound they truly established as their own with Witching Hour, the album that took them from a good band to a great band way back in ‘05. ![]()
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