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Now Music.
Through the wonders of being a cheap basterd i have several albums to love of late. I previously mentioned
Florence + the machine and The Gaslight Anthem but today i will praise 2 more artists and add some
female artist's to the hall of WHY WOMEN ROCK .
Fristly La Roux's debut album La Roux
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I initially saw In for the Kill on some music channel at least 5 months ago and though it was alright.
But insideosly it grew on me more and more. And then in the past few weeks Bulletproof has been recieving consitent
tv play so once it was available i grabbed myself a copy of the album and i love it. Electro Pop well and truely is back.
I predicted a resurgence in synth's and electric sounds nearly 3 years ago. This was during my heavy pop-punk
time and the sounds of North Carolina's Farewell and Mercy Mercedes and of course the brief stint of Hellogoodbye.
I have always been a bit weak at the knee's for synth's and keyboards, there's something about them that i just love.
After all the first bad i truely loved was The Cars. New Wave was rather amazing and it's exactly why i believe that
the soundtrack to The Wraith is the second best soundtrack ever, the best being the gay uber-film that is Top Gun.
Back to La Roux. She is rather talented. She may have a semi-assesited voice for some songs but she can sing.
And she is all round brilliant on this album. Almost every song is catchy and the tune's and riffs are all amazing.
Highlights include Bulletproof, In for the Kill, Tigerlily and Fascination.
4 Stars. A pop classic that is very mainstream freindly and damn addictive.
Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre.
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Now barely anyone knows this band but i can assure you they are HUGE in Canada.
They're biggest hit from their first album Fix Me was the raucus and infectious and slightly offensive Shake Tramp.
With the chorus "Try a little more, little more, little more, slap you like bitch and you take it like a whore".
I assure you this lyric is actually pure pop-punk genious as can be demonstrated by the hilarious video:
Now as with the begining of what to me is a "classic" video, Marianas Trench try to channel a little Queen here and there.
And on Masterpeice theatre they have the ball's to actually start their album with a Queen Rip-off sound and harmony, and it works!
Masterpiece Theatre 1 is an shockingly amazing track that starts as queen, turns into pop rock, turns into a bit of a swinging barbershop, and then turns back into a big pop-rock sound that blows your mind.
From there we hit the albums first two singles, Cross My heart and All to Myself.
I dare anyone not to get either of these songs stuck in their head. I've been hearing Cross my heart since christmas but All to Myself just won't leave my head, it's just melodic te fuck!
Cross My heart:
All To Myself:
Then the hits and aw inspiring songs continue with the Brilliance of "Arcadia" and the Lion King Sounds of Beside you.
Then Masterpiece Theatre 2 sit's in the middle, the weakest of the 3 masterpiece theatre songs.
Celebrity status and Sing Sing are the later highlights. With a Kate Voegele duet being a bit of a disapointment.
Then it close's with Master peice Theatre 3. A triumph of synths, pop punk, STRINGS and a mix of all the main lines
from all the other songs and the recurring line "This is just the part I portray".
4 and a Half Stars, utter brilliance!
The ladies entering the hall of why women rock are:
Fight Like Apes
Little Boots
Florence + the machine
La Roux
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