: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: La Roux : Album.......: Supervision : : Label.......: Supercolour Records .. .:.. . Genre.......: Electronic : Catnr.......: SC001CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-02-07 Str.date....: 2020-02-07 Quality.....: 246kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.laroux.co.uk/ ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. 21st Century 4:15 2. Do You Feel 5:02 3. Automatic Driver 5:07 4. International Woman Of Leisure 4:21 5. Everything I Live For 5:37 6. Otherside 5:23 7. He Rides 5:00 8. Gullible Fool 7:17 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 42:02 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 78.01 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: When La Roux came to prominence in the late-00s with two shrill :, : synthpop smashes û Bulletproof and In for the Kill û the duo : :' were frequently discussed in terms of their nostalgia value. ': ,: With their tinny, falsetto-driven, slightly wobbly electro û not :, : to mention vocalist Elly JacksonÆs gravity-defying quiff û it : :' did seem a bit like the band were indulging in some 1980s new ': ,: wave cosplay. Yet, funnily enough, those two tracks now feel :, : headily redolent of the era they were made in. Not just thanks : :' to their ubiquitous popularity, but because they chimed with ': ,: the direction pop was taking at that time, being of a piece both :, : with Lady GagaÆs dead-eyed, big-chorused anthems and the honking : :' electro practised by indie acts such as MGMT and Empire of the ': ,: Sun. :, : : :' This commercially fruitful zeitgeist-adjacent direction didnÆt ': ,: last long. :, : : :' After that initial outing, La Roux (now simply JacksonÆs solo ': ,: moniker) finally returned in 2014 with a warmer, gentler second :, : album, Trouble in Paradise. And, despite another yawning gap : :' between releases, Supervision very much picks up where that ': ,: recordÆs clipped grooves and subtly discordant melodies left :, : off. ItÆs a recipe which yields memorable but gratifyingly : :' contrarian confections such as Automatic Driver, where a ': ,: pleasingly portly synthline meets a flatly hypnotic chorus, and :, : Do You Feel, a muted, maudlin disco number. Breakbeats shuffle : :' behind melodies whose catchiness slowly creeps up on you. ': ,: Synthetic, almost novelty-grade instrumentals are offset by :, : JacksonÆs nasal, slightly skew-whiff vocal. ItÆs all beautiful, : :' but often obliquely so. ': ,: :, : It would be remiss not to point out that La RouxÆs work is still : :' very reminiscent of 1980s pop. A serotonin-depleted Wham! seems ': ,: to be a blueprint û closing ballad Gullible Fool is gorgeous, :, : but channels George Michael so hard it might as well be wearing : :' aviators and an untowardly deep v-neck. Yet, thereÆs no doubt ': ,: Jackson is gradually carving out a left-of-centre niche, with a :, : retro sound that is cleverly evocative and curiously : :' idiosyncratic rather than just derivative. ': ,: :, : This time, it really would be a shock if her backwards-glancing : :' tunes captured the nationÆs heart û but that doesnÆt matter: if ': ,: this record is anything to go by, the pop margins seem to suit :, : La Roux even better than the mainstream. : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/