Album Review
Siouxsie - MantaraySiouxsie - Mantaray

Siouxsie And The Banshees are a band who formed a few years before I was even born and the band became ever so popular once they finally got totally focused on the group and were together for a good 17 years and during their time together many people loved the bands look and strong sound. Now the band have split Siouxsie has gone solo and has just released her debut solo album 'Mantaray'.

Most people become a bit sceptical when an artist comes out of a band and does a side project or releases their own solo material no matter how big they are or how long they have taken to do it, and it’s no different with Siouxsie, I think fans of Siouxsie are really going to love this album and I think people who have never took the time of day to check out any of her material before will think what the fuck is this at first but end up getting into it after a few listens.

'Mantaray' is a pop album that relies on electronic synths and buzzy sounds and can be compared to Goldfrapp and The Sohodolls in places but still sound so much different from them at the same time. The album opens with 'Into A Swan', which has quite a strong industrial sound with stunning synths coming and going throughout the song, Siouxsie's vocals are quite strong sounding and really add to the groove of the song.

My favourite track on the album is the stomping yet catchy 'About To Happen' the song really builds up and ends up being a really outstanding electronic sounding song where the vocals really do stand out and become quite catchy.

'Here Comes That Day' is quite a jazzy sounding song and is also the kind of song that you would expect to hear in a James Bond movie.

With Siouxsie's solo album, its the kind of album that takes a lot of time and effort to get into, it’s not the kind of album you are going to put on once and fall in love with, you will most probably think this is weird after the first listen but the more you listen to it the more it will appeal to you and this is mainly due to the fact that 'Mantaray' sounds so different from anything musically around at the moment, yeah you can compare certain synths and sounds to bands such as Goldfrapp but that is it, the overall sound of this album is weird yet good.

3.5/5

Review by Trigger
 Band Members
Siouxsie - Band
Siouxsie
 Track Listing
1. Into A Swan
2. About To Happen
3. Here Comes That Day
4. Loveless
5. If It Doesn't Kill You
6. One Mile Below
7. Drone Zone
8. Sea Of Tranquilty
9. They Follow You
10. Heaven And Alchemy
 Band Related Links
Siouxsie Myspace
Siouxsie Official Website
 Review Score Code
- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
- What Was That?