La Roux - In For The Kill (Skream's Let's Get Ravey Mix)

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

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

the two big singles were legit great and the rest was serviceable enough

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.

"in for the kill" is a 10/10 classic to me

original obv not the remix

the true 2009 classic (the skream remix) that the nostalgia thread needs

Confession: I love love love Trouble in Paradise and I can’t believe there’s barely any discussion of it here

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.

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.

"in for the kill" is a 10/10 classic to me

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

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?

Her cover of "Mr. Natural" on the new Whyte Horses LP is pretty nice.