Ladytron - Witching Hour (2005)

Posted By: mook45

Date: 24 Jun 2011 21:34:21

Despite a three-year wait, Ladytron sounds fresher and more vital than ever on their triumphant third album, Witching Hour. While the label problems that sidelined the album's release must have been frustrating, in some ways the delay works in the band's favor: though they were momentarily (and somewhat opportunistically) lumped in with the electroclash movement, Ladytron always had a stronger sense of melody and pop songcraft than most of the other artists associated with that style, and with electroclash all but dead, the band's identity comes through even more clearly. Much darker and less overtly synth pop than any of their earlier work, Witching Hour is almost unrelentingly gloomy, covering topics like the fleeting nature of relationships, destruction, and war. However, the album wears it well, conjuring a glamorous dystopia with songs like "High Rise" and "Soft Power" – it's not often that bleakness sounds this pretty. It also helps that Witching Hour boasts some of Ladytron's finest songwriting to date, including the brilliantly melodramatic, ever-so-slightly gothy "Destroy Everything You Touch" and "International Dateline," which shows the band hasn't lost its touch when it comes to writing affecting breakup songs. ****AMG Album Pick

Track listing
1. High Rise
2. Destroy Everything You Touch
3. International Dateline
4. Soft Power
5. Cmyk
6. Amtv
7. Sugar
8. Fighting In Built Up Areas
9. The Last One Standing
10. Weekend
11. Beauty 2
12. White Light Generator
13. All The Way…

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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 1 from 15. November 2010

EAC extraction logfile from 20. June 2011, 20:45

Ladytron / Witching Hour

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