Witching Hour

Today's Music That Had All Sorts Of Potential But Only Kind Of Lives Up To It is Ladytron's Witching Hour. Now, first, let us get some things straight. This album is pretty good, but I don't know that it really lives up to its potential. It has a lot of things going for it - some wicked songs to say the least, but also some clunkers.

My first exposure to this album was somehow hearing "Destroy Everything You Touch" on Myspace or BetterPropaganda. Or maybe it was on KURE? I don't remember. I was able to download it on BetterPropaganda, which made me very interested. It was electronic and dark, with this sexy vaguely synthesized lady voice droning over the top of it all. It made me think of sexy lady robots laying waste to an entire city, just marching down the street in perfect time wearing go-go boots and carrying flamethrowers and rocket launchers. Um, anyhow, the rest of the album is kind of like that. There are some more mellow songs that don't quite match the energy of "DEYT", but a few good ones as well. The album kind of borders on quasi-European electronica but sometimes becomes its own parody, like good hard rock (Iron Maiden, I'm looking at you). I guess I wish the album was able to maintain its intensity more than it does, for it just sort of peters out. Especially in the second half of the album. Still, Ladytron does make fairly interesting electronic music that is sometimes laid back and sometimes rockin'. I hope that in the future they'll be able to capture the magic which they only held fleetingly on this album.

In other news:
I can't believe I didn't blog about Ladytron before now. Maybe I did? Who knows. I've got to get some of my old music back, like Mogwai and Sam Roberts and the Secret Machines. Damn it!