12 November 2011

Ladytron – Gravity the Seducer



My Rating: 3/5
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It’s already the 5th album of this electro-synth-pop band which formed in Liverpool since 1999. I really started to aware of Ladytron is their 3rd album ‘Witching Hour’ in 2005 as their music turned out to be really cool, stylish and creative with lot of youthful inspirations and impacts for me, little bit like the same feeling of seeing Depeche Mode’s ‘Music for the Masses’ in late 80s that you can expect something breakthrough to be great in short future …..….but seems things not working out like that for Ladytron…….going to their last album ‘Velocifero’ in 2008, they were starting to stuck and repeat into their own music style making their music become dull and lost……

Ok, coming to this new one, it’s not hard to think they are seeking to change….yes, they did, but seems not really in a good and inspiring way enough to make a career U-turn for them…..the cover art work seems providing answer of their new music direction……. after repeat listening, they tried to add some new wave (or new age also!) and mature (or thoughtful, serious, etc) kind of stuff into their own electro synth sound with slower mid-tempo, chill out lounge and shoegaze approach……...maybe due to the shortcoming of song writing and arrangements (and even imagination I think), the songs are turned out to be a bit flat, dull, regid, repetitive, no-more-cool and bold-but-empty electro lounge chill out sound……a bit disappointing for me!!!

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