“Black Cat,” a heavy, buzzing, sinister bit of darkness layered with airy goth synthesizers, may very well be the best thing we’ve ever heard from Ladytron. Or, at least the most compelling Ladytron song to cross our path in a long while. It’s the lead track from their forthcoming fourth album Velocifero — the percussiveness and distorted chill make us feel like they’ve been listening a little to Liars and the Knife (but more the Knife). Adding an element of mystery to the after-hours discothèque, the layered, less-pristine-than-usual vocals are sung in Mira’s Bulgarian. The above photo of the quartet languishing on the floor with candelabra is almost perfect — like, shouldn’t they dancing?
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Velocifero is out 6/3 via Nettwerk.
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I like this song but it really sounds like an album track and not the lead single or concentration cut or whatever we have nowadays. If you think about it there’s one of these threatenting Bulgarian industrial freakouts on every Ladytron album.
FROM WHAT IT SAYS ON THEIR MYSPACE…IT SEEMS THAT THIS ISN’T A SINGLE…JUST THE FIRST TRACK OFF THEIR FORTHCOMING ALBUM…AND AS USUAL WITH THEM…THEY START WITH SOMETHING A LITTLE DRONEY AND LEAVE THE SINGLE FOR SECOND… PROLLY.
it’s really good!
and I can understand the lyrics
I don’t suppose you’d be willing to post a rough translation, powx? I can’t speak Bulgarian and would love to know what the lyrics say… it’s a great track.
top notch — great track!
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I love this! I’m really excited for this new album now.
and be it a “single” or not, I’m still going to buy the entire album. so I really don’t care what it’s labelled as long as it’s there!
Those shoes in the pic are laughably bad and outdated.
check out runaway…..
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