Their lyrics aren't particularly deep, the vocals aren't exactly showing a wide range of pitch or even emotion, originality between songs is mostly lacking, and though the backing is pretty boss, the main melodies are on the verge of being nursery rhymes....
... and yet I adore this band, with their smooth and entrancing synth, simple lyrics sung with Helen Marnie's silky enticing northern/scottish accent.
I can't shake the idea that I'm listening to low quality barely thought out music, but I also can't shake the idea that anyone's trying to sell me on them either.
They just put out these WYHIWYG songs, and there's this sense of raw honesty to their bleak and bland style that really jams with me.
Music without pretense, subtext, or reference. Just music. I love it.
Flicking Your Switch
Ladytron
Saw your visa card, and took a trip downtown
i don't really care that there's people around
9-2-3, 8-1-6
is the sound of them flicking your switch
8-1-5, 9-1-4
does this mean you don't trust me anymore?
from the pictured album, great song
I purchased the album on compact disc when it was released. I remember getting it from the general store, where Mr. Willoughby would sell penny candy to us kids for a ha'penny if he was in a good mood. Then we ran down the road, rolling our hoops with our sticks. That was the day I got my first tricorn hat.
Yeah, in all seriousness, it's a great song.
Ah, I remember listening to Ghosts as sung acapella by friends and neighbours down by the Baker street underground, as we hid from the Luftwaffe during the Blitz
Those were the days.