METALUX - WAITING FOR ARMADILLO (LOAD 060)

I SUPPOSE IF YOU WANTED TO PERFORM A GENDER ANALYSIS ON THE OUTPUT OF LOAD RECORDS YOU WOULD SCIENTIFICALLY HAVE TO CONCLUDE IT IS QUITE THE SAUSAGE PARTY. AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THIS IS THE FIRST ALL-FEMALE RELEASE SINCE THE SCISSOR GIRLS WAY BACK IN THE FIRST TEN OR SO.

I'M JUST HERE TO LISTEN TO THE RECORDS AND SAY IF THEY'RE GOOD, BAD, OR INDIFFERENT AND AS SUCH I MAKE NO POLITICS OUT OF IT OTHER THAN TO SAY IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BETTER TO HAVE MORE SERIOUS-MINDED AND EXPLORATORY MUSIC LIKE SCISSOR GIRLS AND METALUX THAN ONANISTIC GUFF LIKE MR FUCKING CALIFORNIA. IN FACT THERE IS A CONNECTION TO SCISSOR GIRLS HERE.

METALUX SOUND LIKE THEY'RE SOMEWHERE ON THE EDGE OF SONG, CRAFTING SOMETHING BETWEEN AMBIENT AND INDUSTRIAL ON INSTRUMENTS PROBABLY LEFT IN A DUSTY ATTIC FOR YEARS. THE GENRE AGNOSTICISM ALLOWS THEIR SOUND TO PUSH INTO DIFFERENT REALMS: SOME SUCCESSFUL, SOME LESS SO, BUT ALWAYS HELD TOGETHER BY AN EVASIVE THING KNOWN AS INDIVIDUAL CHARISMA.

IF YOU LIKE STUFF LIKE PHARMAKON AND ECTOPLASM GIRLS YOU'LL FIND SOMETHING TO LIKE HERE. IT'S DENSE AND INSCRUTABLE STUFF. IT IT ISN'T DESPERATE FOR YOU TO LOVE IT AND THAT CREATES AN ACTIVE LISTENER, EVEN IF THEY (ME) AREN'T INSTANTLY CLICKING WITH EVERYTHING HERE.