LADYTRON ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD

Had my first three listens to Velocifoofoo today. After a few weeks with the "Ghost" remixes. For a band for whom I've purchased their complete works (I think) I don't know much about them at all. Which I realized is an incredible complement to how much I enjoy their music. At their worst, the giddy cheap thrill I got from Republica. At their best, everything kind everyone said about Siouxsie and Gary Newman, only better. Sure, there's throwaway tracks, but the singles are lush and effortless.

I'm surprised how little attention their new album is getting

As always.

'Velocifero' is not their best on the first listen, but still very good. There are a few filler tracks in the middle unfortunately, but the last two songs are brilliant.

It never reaches the brilliance of Witching Hour but it's defibitely a grower

LADYTRON ARE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD (AT THE MOMENT, YES, ABSOLUTELY)

was going to get this today - but didn't.

another fucking loss due to the revised love for nasty digipack crap.

[
this years would-be purchases cancelled due to digipack gumph :
hot chip/luke solomon/miss kittin ..
]

I think I'll get this on vinyl

I don't think digipack would put me off this, although for other things it certainly has. Seems too many people use digipacks as a way to avoid putting effort into liner notes and so on... which is unfortunate...

do we have a digipacks C/D thread yet? if not, we should.

there was a great thread re the downfalls of crap packaging but i can never find the bugger.

Ladytron are also the first band for whom I've purchased their whole catalog as digital downloads.

Interviewing Reuben in about four hours. Any burning questions people want me to ask him?

what's the deal with airplane food?

why did my friend get called a 'fag' and threatened w/bodily harm for wearing one of their t-shirts

maybe he went out in public?

are they still doing that thing w/ christina aguilera? ask abt that

maybe he went out in public?

― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:19 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

lulz

fwiw i don't think i've ever heard a ladytron song? and i'm pretty sure the dudes that threatened my friend hadn't either. protip: don't wear a shiny, silvery t-shirt in rural montana that has the word "lady" on it

Ask him what's the best band in the world?

Yes, agreed with Tuomas.

ask him whether the next album is gonna as awesome as the previous two - also if they're gonna keep adding guitars to their mix

Was definitely going to ask him more about that, as well as the Christina thing.

I have nothing to ask, but I have spun up Velocifero, and it remains as glorious as ever.

Tell him that, if you want!

yeah I don't find it as good as 'Witching Hour' (how could it be) but it's definitely solid. It seems to me Ladytron are summarizing in high speed Depeche Mode's evolution (from cutesy synth pop to a sinister grinding monolith)

Hahaha, nicely phrased. I saw them live two years back opening for NIN in London and they had pretty clearly settled into said latter status. Crowd loved 'em!

^ Agree with every word (except early Depeche Mode >>>>> early Ladytron, natch).

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Interview done, Reuben was a very personable and thoughtful fellow!

When/where is the interview being posted?

OC Weekly article in a couple of weeks, tying in with their tour with the Faint.

Please post here when it's ready. :-)

Should I go see them tonight?

Yes.

Man, they killed. Reminded me about what Chuck said (I paraphrase) about disco rocking harder than metal.

Yeah they are ridiculously great live these days -- I caught them two years back opening for NIN in London and that pretty much made me a full on believer instead of a casual fan.

They were great in Belfast a few months ago as well. Burnin' Up and Destroy Everything You Touch were godly.

The only things that would have made it better are both in this clip (coincidentally recorded in Houston in '06 either at the same venue or down the street @ tha Meridian)

A. Shocking Blue cover
B. The vocals a little higher in the mix

Okay, that long-promised Ladytron interview:

http://www.ocweekly.com/2009-04-23/music/ladytron/

when did trayce join ladytron

Well you know.

They started playing at 4AM here in São Paulo a couple of years ago

I think they are really tight but man sometimes they are so OTT.

Wanted to see their show in Austin last week, but was the same night as MBV goddamnittohell.

Killed it last night. The Faint followed them and while the crowd was more there for them they couldn't compare.

THIS IS GODHEAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRJd3cUB_8c

when i was at uni in liverpool, (circa '03-05) they had a club night called "evol" in this little basement club. the guy members would dj and they had loads of cool guest djs like ivan smagghe and mark moore. had this great secret after-hours party atmosphere.

and they'd always be up for the odd convo about music or whatever, real chill fellas.

Yes! About fucking time ... what did people think of the two Marnie solo records that came out during the hiatus?

I liked them, the first better than the second. that said, I can't listen to the record anymore -- I got a lot of angry email about what I thought was a positive review, and every time one of the songs comes up on shuffle I'm reminded of it and have to turn it off

Nice to have them back although, come on, this sounds exactly like Broadcast!

Cool, I've missed them. And I didn't know about the solo albums so now I've got something to listen to while I wait for the new record to come out.

First track!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeWJ8vkE9w8

sounds kinda velocifero-y to me.

Prefer the album teaser to the actual single, but am pretty stoked nonetheless

ok thank god the album teaser had me worried, if I want to listen to Broadcast then I listen to Broadcast or any of the 100 bands that sound like them already

update: this is growing on me even more, it's easily the best thing anyone from ladytron has done in years

New single!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbf4chx1mS0

I still need to listen with proper speakers but so far it sounds great! It reminds me of Propaganda.

Agreed, this sounds really good.

Yes! I've been looking forward to this. Marnie's solo albums have both been very good, mind.

Slight adoption of the retro outrun synthwave vibe in there somewhere? Quite like this

yeah this is great

the new album is out, and it's...a trip.

the highs are high, the lows are low (sometimes very low), and the overall production is...uhh...weird.

but I'm kinda digging it. 'Deadzone,' 'You've Changed,' and 'Paper Highways' are pretty fun.

The leaked tracks really didn’t impress. Still, I pledged to get the physical edition so looking forward to it. Love the cover art

ok I've warmed up to this a lot, and I now think it's actually pretty fantastic. Like 'Witching Hour,' this feels like a quintessentially 'winter' album, and I'm here for it.

Listen here if you're trying to avoid all the PledgeMusic drama: https://www.npr.org/2019/02/07/691388562/first-listen-ladytron-ladytron

unsurprisingly, I love it, it's like velocifero but even angrier

the album art is also amazing

this is sounding really good

I keep thinking "oh this must be the big triumphant fuck-off closer" and then seeing there are more songs to go

end to end bangers

good record

It's a grower. Some good hooks but is it me or is this record brick-walled to death? Pretty disappointing since the music often blurs into a flat mush.
Song wise it feels like a slight throwback to the pre-Witching Hour period. This could have come out after Light & Magic

Some good hooks but is it me or is this record brick-walled to death

this.
I have tried several times to give this a whole listen through, but its just way too painful.
hopefully its just the digital promo, and things are better on release, as this album sounds really bad.
shame, there are some cracking songs hidden in there.

I know "it's thematically appropriate" is a cop-out but in this case it is kind of thematically appropriate

fwiw the best track here is "deadzone," up there with "silent shout" in terms of songs that embody/address trauma

a solid 7.7 from p4k!

Omg this is wonderful! End to end bangers is right.

Late listening to the new one but why are they so good???? My god, we don't deserve Ladytron!

OK maybe not "Paper Highways."

New single ‘City of Angels’:https://t.co/aUMF9hMDWX

New album ‘Time’s Arrow’:https://t.co/pQLzXmu2Lv pic.twitter.com/qOgvuEmQCe

— Ladytron (@LadytronMusic) October 14, 2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewreSl-BZVw

Reuben left the band.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CpxhADZOFoF/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Saw them live the other day and they were excellent. Sound was really beefed up, might have been the venue maybe, but they were really powerful.