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***Memphis, Tennessee's Lost Sounds' fourth full length in as many years-- their first for In The Red-- is by far their most infectious and catchy to date. Their demented, aggressive approach is still intact, but never so perfectly presented and crafted as it is here. Not one song from Future Touch (released July 2004) is carried over, though that EP is still hot-hot-hot on the lips and ears of synth-punk maniacs everywhere. This Lost Sounds full length is therefore 100% worth your time; succinct song structure and band's bottomless well-style access to fucking unbelievable hooks don't hurt either. Take a track like "And You Dance," for example: You're, like, "oh, I like that keyboard part, and, oh, I can't believe that it went into that next part even though it sounds so perfect that I must've heard it before somewhere else." But you didn't. You heard it now, for the first time. A band that can pull off that weird déjá vu illusion with their songs has gotta command awe, and you gotta stop doubting it when you hear it, that a band couldn't have come up with catchy intensity this original. A band like the Lost Sounds could have, though, and does. |
