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Over the past 12 months LA Roux has enjoyed a lot
of success they released her debut single ‘In
For The Kill’ which hit the top 5 of the UK
singles chart, they then released their next single
‘Bulletproof’ which went straight in
at number one of the UK singles chart and now they
have just released their self titled debut album
which is sure to follow in the footsteps of the
singles.
Now I have been looking forward to the debut
album from La Roux, well ever since I first heard
‘In For The Kill’, I know many people
who went to see Lily Allen play just after La
Roux had released ‘In For The Kill’
and La Roux was supporting Lily Allen on her live
tour and all these people came back telling me
that the band supporting Lily Allen were really
rubbish, now I don’t get this as La Roux
are fantastic musicians and all the people that
have gone and reviewed La Roux live for Alternative
Vision pretty much share my opinion on them.
Anyway let’s get on to the album, so the
debut self titled album is finally here, it features
12 tracks and runs for just over 45 minutes and
it is a fantastic 5 star rated album that oozes
in style and passion. The album opens with ‘In
For The Kill’, the single that first brought
major attention for La Roux and helped bag them
a support slot on the Lily Allen tour, the song
is drenched with synths and 80’s disco beats,
front lady Elly Jackson’s vocals are so
strong and straight to the point, she has a set
of vocals that you will not be forgetting in a
hurry.
‘Tigerlily’ is a very interesting
song with the way that it opens up with a strange
mixture of synths, Elly’s vocals come in
really fast and sound as crystal clear as ever,
towards the end of the song it has a Michael Jackson
‘Thriller’ style feel about it as
Elly Jackson’s father takes on a spoken
word roll whilst a ray of disco beats take over.
Latest single ‘Bulletproof’ is obviously
one of the strongest tracks on the album, the
song has such a retro feel about it and you can
just feel the passion coming from Elly as she
sings “And this time baby I will be Bulletproof”.
Other good moments on the album are ‘Quicksand’
the song is really fast and bound to be released
as a single in the not too distant future and
it is also bound to become a dance floor anthem
as it has all the right elements for that. ‘As
If By Magic’ see’s Elly’s vocals
toned down a bit as she sings along in a clear
yet chilled way. ‘Growing Pains’ closes
the album and its well worth a listen just for
the variety of synths on offer.
The great thing about La Roux is that they have
thought everything through from the start and
have developed everything perfectly, they have
the perfect image with Elly Jacksons massive red
haired quiff which must take hours to get pinpoint
perfect every day, and as for the sound they have
sampled disco music from the 80’s but brought
it to the 20th century with the nu-rave style
synths, and vocally Elly Jackson can sing with
a set of clear vocals, she can also screech and
still keep things real.
Granted La Roux are not for everyone but for
the next 18 months at least there will be no escaping
La Roux as they are going to have a long successful
run gracing the charts, filling dance floors,
playing sold our shows across the country, seeing
venues being upgrading due to high ticket sales
and generally rocking out.
5/5
Review by Trigger |
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Elly Jackson (Synths, Vocals) |
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1. Tigerlily
2. Quicksand
3. Bulletproof
4. Colourless Colour
5. I'm Not Your Toy
6. Cover My Eyes
7. As If By Magic
8. Fascination
9. Reflections Are Protections
10. Armour Love
11. Growing Pains' (UK Bonus Track) |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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