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"I'm not usually a fan of female vocals, but Ms. Avtar K of Ladies and Gents has won me over; I have fallen for her deliciously languished sound, tinged with Shirley Manson. Her sleepy, nicely worn sound feels harsh yet sultry, a perplexing combination, but the effect is perfect against the roughly structured guitars and punchy drumbeats. Think Bloc Party without the punk, but maintaining all the classic, blackened edge.
Guitar harmonies have this great kind of tentative anxiety that throws you into almost convulsive fits of dancing à la Ian Curtis. Lilted basslines combine well with assertive, pointed drumbeats and emphatic guitars. The kickass track 'Monsters' gives off a louder, more energetic example of this, with its visceral lyrics.
The Ladies and Gents sound is dark in the way of black eyeliner and dirty bars. It has a sort of raw darkness that belongs to the night, and to stages lined with electrical tape. It's edgy and mysterious——akin to meeting a dark, seductive stranger in the back of the club. 'hardHeart' reveals this brilliantly, with its quieter vocals and slower tempo at the beginning, "leading you on" until it gets into its driven chorus.
There's a certain nervous excitement going on in the background at all times, translating into a subtly frenetic rhythm tempered by those sexily lethargic vocals. The delicate balance of energy and lethargy is a conundrum, and through all that confusion, you get a truly excellent and strange combination.
Author: thecausticanalog"
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Let It Die
By Feist
Release date: 2005-04-26 |
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