La Roux – La Roux
February 5th, 2010 | by hannahsimon | published in electro pop, female vocalists | 5 comments
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Sounds like: Little Boots, Lykke Li, The Knife
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What’s so good?
Recipe for La Roux
1. Mix Flock of Seagulls’ style with the looks of Rupert Grint (see index: Ronald Weasley)
2. Combine a dash of The Knife’s electric riffs with strong femme vocals
3. Dance until blended
Listing musicians like Madonna and Prince as her influences, La Roux (meaning “red-haired”) has been criticized for being too polished, but if you tend to like clean electro beats, La Roux’s delivery satisfies. The androgynous lead singer Eleanor “Elly” Jackson serves up ’80s synth-pop that is catchy, but not very inventive. My first impression? Sing-along ’80s dance hits.
The self-titled debut album has been described as “hysterically expressive” and “promising” by Pitchfork, and it’s no doubt that La Roux has all the ingredients to make a name for itself in the electro-brit scene. In fact, single “Bulletproof” is ranked high in the UK charts.
With that said, the highly addictive tracks still left me craving less-recycled sounds.
Remix:
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Elsewhere on the web:
official | laroux.co.uk
February 5th, 2010 at 10:01 pm (#)
that CD was horribly.. lacking.
maybe just horrible?
such an upset.
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February 6th, 2010 at 5:09 pm (#)
i remember my first words upon hearing this album: “what the FUCK is this?”
oh, and i meant it in a bad way.
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February 7th, 2010 at 5:19 pm (#)
bulletproof was the most overplayed song of this summer here in the UK, on every radio station, music channel and shop floor. such an irritating track from radio 1s biggest mis-hit of last year. i thought the album was okay, just nowhere near varied enough!
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February 8th, 2010 at 4:27 pm (#)
La Roux “In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)” -> http://is.gd/7XSqB j’adore
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February 8th, 2010 at 4:27 pm (#)
RT @LocaDora: La Roux “In For The Kill (Skream’s Let’s Get Ravey Remix)” -> http://is.gd/7XSqB j’adore
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