La Roux - La Roux

I was somewhere in between Wellington and Dunedin, being hauled through the air by a twin-propellered relic which may have been found in the Wright Brothers' garage, previously discarded as impractical. This was the setting in which I was to listen to La Roux's self titled album.

Not unlike my bi-plane, La Roux is an album that achieves momentum thanks solely to two drivers; the singles 'In for the Kill' and 'Bulletproof'. Both of these are fun catchy numbers you've no doubt heard on the radio.

The rest of the album tries desperately to achieve the same sing-ability in vain. Every song is the same and every song is forgettable.

Sure the words change, but each lyric is as bland as the last.

Sure the drum beat changes, but any song could be... well any song in the world!

Sure the tune changes, but you'd have to jerk awake from the faux-pop induced coma you've lapsed into to notice any difference.

Painful drum machines and desperate synthesisers. Love the singles, couldn't listen to the album one more time.

My only hope is that this album is removed from circulation before my trusty old Wright-Boeing 1-Series.

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