Now for me, this is the long awaited good news that I've been dreaming to hear. Ladytron's new single, 'White Elephants' has been made available for online listening. God bless, free music streaming! Along with three other tunes; 'Mirage', 'Ambulances' and 'Ace of Hz', these single releases are the teaser tasters fuelling the hype to Ladytron's fifth studio album, 'Gravity the Seducer' that will be released in September this year.
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| Ladytron's fifth album, 'Gravity the Seducer' will be released on September 12th 2011 |
For those who are unfamiliar with Ladytron, they're one of the revolutionary bands to have graced contemporary sythpop and electropop, igniting their allure through the rich layering of syths and electronic rhythms that fuse the very fibres of their songs, while fragile voices - so crisp they could be electronically-produced - glide above powerful bass riffs that pulse beneath their melodies.
The four tracks that I've been lucky enough to listen to retain Ladytron's titiliating ability to contrast light and dark in their melodies. As has become traditional with Ladytron, the upbeat tunes feel suspiciously candy-coated, while the almost-taunting voices of Helen and Mira cast light on the cracks leaking the darkness through.The hauntingly catchy use of their few-word choruses are given depth through disarming repetition and the use of fade-in and outs, while the claustrophobic vocals in these recent releases remind us nostalgically of earlier jewels such as 'Destroy Everything You Touch' and 'Light & Magic'.
The newly released tracks, 'Mirage' and 'Ace of Hz' (I particularly like the use of the clever pun in the Hz, very nice Ladytron, very witty indeed) both resume the traditional Ladytron dynamic and structure that do not disappoint, and quench the thirsty ears of listeners who have waited so eagerly to be satisfied. Although despite the comforting familiarity of these tracks, I think we're beginning to see the first subtle hints of development and change in tone with their most recent single release. While they continue to structure their songs around overlapping vocals and pulsing synths, 'White Elephants' feels far less angsty which takes some time to get used to, initiating the first suggestion that we might bear witness to a new side of Ladytron as they test the waters of a delicate new direction.
For the Ladytron lovers who have slipped beneath the rocks and are looking for more '11 released tracks that hide modestly within the depths of the internet; check out their electronically-charged cover of Death in June's 'Little Black Angel' that shoots goosebumps of awe all over me, especially when blasted through the Panasonic beast of a headphone set I own.
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