Ladytron

I generally stay away from publishing negative articles about bands but not much has caught my ear that I like this week. I noticed that Ladytron jumped from 99 to 17 on the CMJ charts and felt it was something I should check out. I-tunes has the college kids downloading Tomorrow and Ghost from their new album Velocifero. The music is described as electro-pop and has a slightly dark feel to it. There are two kinds of songs, those which rock and those which do not rock. These songs do not rock. I am a guitar guy but have posted positive things about non-guitar bands in the past. Take a listen for yourself and make up your own mind.


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Wikipedia:

Ladytron is an electronic pop/electroclash[1] band originally based in Liverpool, England, although members originate from Sofia and Glasgow as well as Liverpool itself. The band has been active since 1999, releasing three full-length albums, with a fourth—Velocifero—released in May 2008 through the Nettwerk label. Ladytron tours extensively around the world, both with live shows and DJ sets.

Background

Ladytron formed in the summer of 1999, Wu and Hunt already being friends, and meeting Marnie and Aroyo.

They began recording tracks for their debut album, 604, shortly after. The album was released in early 2001 on the Emperor Norton/Invicta HIFI labels to critical acclaim, by which time their single "Playgirl" was bringing them some national and international attention.

The follow up, Light & Magic, was released in Autumn 2002 to wider exposure, and spawned the underground hits "Seventeen", "Evil", and "Blue Jeans". Following 18 months on tour supporting that album, they recorded their third album, Witching Hour, in early 2004. The album was released in 2005, along with two singles, including "Destroy Everything You Touch".

Ladytron has a cult audience worldwide and toured extensively in support of Witching Hour from mid-2005 to mid-2007. Across Europe, they opened for Nine Inch Nails in early 2007 at the invitation of Trent Reznor.

The band finished work on their fourth studio album, Velocifero, in February 2008.[2] It was released in the US on June 3, and contains 13 tracks. Velocifero was recorded in Paris, with the band handling production duties and some collaboration with Alessandro Cortini (Nine Inch Nails) and Vicarious Bliss (Justice, DJ Mehdi).[3]

Ladytron and Rob Gutmann have a joint venture of the Korova Bar. [4]


Style

Ladytron makes electronic pop music, using an array of vintage analogue equipment to achieve its distinct sound. Albums so far have focused on a balance between pop structures and digitally edited analogue electronic sound, along with some more experimental leanings. All four members write songs differently, which adds to the eclectic nature of their albums. Their third album, Witching Hour, saw an augmentation of their sound, leading the album to be described by Pitchfork as a "quantum leap record".[2]

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