I’m Gonna Wait ‘til the Witching Hour, When There’s No One Else Around

 

Zero_ii sez:
     Much darker & less overtly synth pop than any of their earlier work, Witching Hour is almost unrelentingly gloomy, covering topics like the fleeting nature of relationships, destruction, & war. However, the album wears it well, conjuring a glamorous dystopia. It's not often that bleakness sounds this pretty. It also helps that Witching Hour boasts some of Ladytron's finest songwriting to date. By stripping away some of the synth pop veneer of 604 or Light & Magic, the shoegaze/dream pop influences that bubbled underneath the surface of Ladytron's music come to the fore on this album. Helena Marnie's ghostly vocals are as lovely & effective as ever but Mira Aroyo's limited presence on Witching Hour is one of the album's few disappointments. Witching Hour is the album that Ladytron always seemed capable of making, its dark, dreamy-yet-catchy spell makes it the band's most sophisticated, best work to date. 

 

Ladytron - Witching Hour, Rykodisc RCD10828, 2005.
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