New single. Finally!
It's OK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:03 (nine years ago) link
http://youtu.be/kOTEx7p-IkM
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:04 (nine years ago) link
ugh, never remember how to embed.
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 04:07 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOTEx7p-IkM
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 06:09 (nine years ago) link
thx
― daavid, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:30 (nine years ago) link
Proper comeback single. Apparently "Lay me down gently" was just a buzz track. It's got Nile Rodgers' fingerprints all over it. Except I think he wasn't involved. I'm not sure about the vocals, but otherwise I love it.
― daavid, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:26 (nine years ago) link
i like "let me down gently" better for some reason but maybe it'll grow on me
― dyl, Wednesday, 28 May 2014 02:59 (nine years ago) link
Though I love "Sexoteque", and there's a couple of other decent tracks, the new album's definitely a step down from the first one
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 August 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
a friend recently recommended me their debut album and i was sceptical as i couldn't remember what they sounded like at all except remembering disliking the singles at the time but i was kinda shocked to find it some of the most viscerally unpleasant pop music i've ever heard. i have no idea how this album had multiple hits with its incredibly flimsy-feeling synthpop, mediocre hooks, and the way her voice sounds
― ufo, Wednesday, 16 January 2019 11:18 (five years ago) link
the two big singles were legit great and the rest was serviceable enough
― dyl, Thursday, 17 January 2019 04:59 (five years ago) link
I suspect that, even though her second album was a massive improvement with some actually great singles, it being ignored by the media was a way to atone for her sins commited on that terrible debut.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:06 (five years ago) link
"in for the kill" is a 10/10 classic to me
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 17 January 2019 07:56 (five years ago) link
original obv not the remix
the true 2009 classic (the skream remix) that the nostalgia thread needs
― ||||||||, Thursday, 17 January 2019 08:14 (five years ago) link
Confession: I love love love Trouble in Paradise and I can’t believe there’s barely any discussion of it here
― josh az (2011nostalgia), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 05:20 (four years ago) link
It’s super fun and it was an album I played a lot that summer. “Uptight Downtown” and “Sexoteque” were in heavy rotation at one of my bars and several people asked what it was, particularly with the former.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 17:37 (four years ago) link
New single:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS6egctCzqY
As much as I like Trouble In Paradise, I was expecting more of a departure, especially considering how long it's been. I'm not too impressed.
― daavid, Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
― nathom, Thursday, 31 October 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
Interview in the indie today is an interesting read
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/la-roux-interview-new-album-supervision-gay-lgbtq-elly-jackson-a9319376.html
― Wuhan!! Got You All in Check (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 6 February 2020 10:33 (four years ago) link
I think I'm eternally fated to like La Roux more than almost anyone else does. New album's a bit of a step down from Trouble in Paradise but it still bangs. is there no room in this world for a (slightly) poor man's Christine and the Queens?
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 14 February 2020 15:17 (four years ago) link
Her cover of "Mr. Natural" on the new Whyte Horses LP is pretty nice.
― afriendlypioneer, Friday, 14 February 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link