Ladytron - The Witching Hour (Island) Released 29/08/05

They’ve been likened to an East German, Heroin addicted Britney Spears set to Synths.  The Electropop Ladytron grabbed our attention back in 2001 with their fusion of Vintage Synth and Retro pop, and if this album sampler is anything to go by, are set to return to their My Bloody Valentine/Joy Division form with their August release of ‘The Witching Hour’. 

Icy new single ‘Sugar’, as singer Mura Aroyo describes, is “an energetic nursery rhyme”, enorporating an edge of recent Primal Scream.

Retro track ‘Destroy’ echo’s sounds of The Fall, with clipped, sharp vocals flowing over a dirty 80’s synth sound. 

‘International Dateline’ and ‘All The Way’ are other gems to look forward to when we are treated to their indie/electro amalgamation release in August. 

Keen to keep their cult following of electroheads, Aroyo is keen to point out that in fact, “all the guitars are actually synth” – but, whatever, it sounds fabulous.