With each album, Ladytron take their sound in distinctly different directions, but the aloof, glamorous, slightly sinister and more than a little bittersweet heart of their music remains the same. The changes from 604's sweet synth pop to Light & Magic's dark electro-pop to Witching Hour's epic shoegaze didn't sound like dabbling, precisely because the band has such a strong grip on exactly what they want to express with their music. Ladytron haven't lost that grip on Velocifero; in fact, they may be holding on to it a little too strongly here. Massive and sparkling, as dark and glossy as black patent leather, the album is so sleek, so quintessentially Ladytron, that it almost feels like the band has their sound literally down to a science, fusing Light & Magic's hard-edged dance and Witching Hour's Wall of Sound into songs like "The Lovers," "Deep Blue," and "They Gave You a Name."
Velocifero does have some inspired moments, particularly at the beginning. "Ghosts" is sweetly ominous, riding a stomping shuffle beat and a careening guitar solo as Helena Marnie puts a fine point on her regrets ("There's a ghost in me/who wants to say I'm sorry/Doesn't mean I'm sorry"). "Runaway"'s punchy, cavernous sound recalls the heyday of industrial dance, which may not be such a surprise, considering that former Nine Inch Nails contributor Alessandro Cortini (also of Modwheelmood) worked on Velocifero, along with Ed Banger's Vicarious Bliss. As always, Mira Aroya acts as the acerbic yang to Marnie's ethereal yin, and she's in fine form here, particularly on "Black Cat," which opens Velocifero with a darkly hypnotic groove and a canyon-deep bassline, and on the quirky "Kletva," a cover of a song from a Bulgarian children's movie that brings back some of the playfulness Ladytron largely abandoned after 604. However, as Velocifero unfolds, the songs aren't quite as memorable as they've been on previous albums, and a few ("Burning Up," "Tomorrow") are downright dull and repetitive. The taut, tribal "Predict the Day" and "Versus," a symphonic synth pop duet, close the album on a strong note, and there are more than enough bright spots for fans to enjoy, Overall, though, Velocifero isn't as dramatic a step forward as Ladytron's other albums.
10. Tv On The Radio - Dear ScienceWhen Weird Sounds Mainstream9. Primal Scream - Beautiful FutureSounding Happy!8. Foals - AntidotesMaths Rock Goodness7. Ladytron - VelociferoNice album - Rubbish live....6. Elbow - The Seldom Seen KidMecury Music Prize winners5. The Gutter Twins - SaturnaliaGorgeously Brooding4. Glasvegas - GlasvegasSurf and Mary Chain3. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Mus...
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That would be Liz Fraser from Cocteau Twins, in case you didn't know. :)This new Ladytron album is making me very very happy indeed. It might not be the revelation that Witching Hour was, but it still shows them at the top of their electro-fueled powers.The tagged song above makes me even wonder, what if Liz Fraser wasn't in fact singing "glossolalia":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossolalia at...
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I'm groovin to Ladytron's "Ghosts" in this sweet new video! Helen Marnie is so lovely, I just want to run away with her and these wolves... Like Princess Mononoke in Prada shoes."Ghosts" is off the new LP Velocifero and the video was directed by Joseph Kahn.This vid is so new it only has like 5 views so far (on youTube)!
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Ladytron announced today that their next bumpin record will be Velocifero, due June 2nd. Their 4th album to date was produced by NINer Alessandro Cortini and Ed Banger's Vicarious Bliss and will be released via Nettwerk Music. (Ladytron remixed 2 tunes for NIN last Fall.) The UK disco/rock outfit added the first new track off Velocifero to their myspace player as well. "Black Cat" is a heav...
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10. Tv On The Radio - Dear ScienceWhen Weird Sounds Mainstream9. Primal Scream - Beautiful FutureSounding Happy!8. Foals - AntidotesMaths Rock Goodness7. Ladytron - VelociferoNice album - Rubbish live....6. Elbow - The Seldom Seen KidMecury Music Prize winners5. The Gutter Twins - SaturnaliaGorgeously Brooding4. Glasvegas - GlasvegasSurf and Mary Chain3. British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Mus...
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Ladytron's got a new album, Velocifero, due out June 3. Meanwhile, Here's a track off it.
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It's absolutely charming how Ladytron transitions from beat-heavy dance tracks to poppy magic like this ^_^
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Ladytron's coming to my town on 6.10.08. Hopefully they won't cancel, but it's at Czar, a very small vodka bar venue. I wouldn't blame them if they did cancel at the last minute.I'd love to hear this track played live.
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This is a hot little nugget of news that I have to share with you. This spring Ladytron and The Faint will be touring North America... together! The awesomeness is unfathomable to me at this point. Anywho, Ladytron will be releasing an EP of mixes from their last album Velocifero. In related Ladytron news, the band have been in the studio with Christina Aguilera helpering her to write new songs...
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Finally! The time has come for me to talk about one of my favorite bands, Ladytron! "Runaway," the new single off their fourth album, Velocifero, became available in the US today via iTunes. Moments ago, I bought almost all of them on iTunes (three EP's worth!), but I ran out of iTunes money. :-(Until I get another iTunes gift card, I can listen to the remixes I did buy and watch their oh-so-co...
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These are songs from the year 2008 that I like. Ten words.
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Ladytron takes time out of their jam-packed schedule to talk about touring, recording their new album, and taking it to the road.
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--- - |- Ebony and ivory run away together in gothy harmony in the latest clip from UK electro-poppers Ladytron. "Runaway", from the originally Liverpool-based group's new album Velocifero, is grimly monochromatic, its cold longing destroying everything it touches. The video follows suit, with a black-and-white color scheme that carries through to some geometric animation. Pitchfork contributo...
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Ladytron have a new single out shortly from their amazing album, Velocifero. Directed by Neil Krug and filmed in Kansas and Barcelona. It’s amazing - all dreamy and angel like, and just our sort of thing.The thing about Ladytron is that they just seem to get better and better with every album. I loved Witching [...]
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I had been waiting to see Ladytron live for a long, long time so even though I wasn’t particularly impressed by Velocifero, I was pretty willing to skip an excellent lecture on the roots of patriarchy to see them. The venue was filled with every imaginable stereotype you can think of. Teenyboppers (it was [...]Related posts:The Faint - Fasciinatiion review So after a good 10 years with Saddle .
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| 1 Black Cat |
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| 2 Ghosts |
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| 3 I'm Not Scared |
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| 4 Runaway |
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| 5 Season of Illusions |
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| 6 Burning Up |
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| 7 Kletva |
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| 8 They Gave You a Heart, They Gave You a Name |
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| 9 Predict the Day |
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| 10 The Lovers |
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| 11 Deep Blue |
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| 12 Tomorrow |
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| 13 Versus |
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