Lansing-Dreiden

[10:02am]

okay, have at 'em, boys

i think they're brilliant -- the whole anonymous-mystique-gimmick aside, i think whoever's responsible for these recordings knows what they're doing and has produced some of the most liberated and inspiring pop/rock of the decade.

and the live band, even if they are just figureheads, tear it up in their own right and deserve respect.

if you don't know what i'm talking about: http://www.lansing-dreiden.com

is this just an nyc/usa phenomenon? they seem to be doing quite well here, at least for their music. there's all the other media they play in to consider as well

 

[mistersloane]

Someone please tell them that everything, absolutely everything, went downhill in the Eighties after 'Here Comes the Rain Again' and that 'Savage' isn't the album to emulate. Fucking Eurythmics fans. Should be banned from making records.

 

[10:02am]

while a portion of there tracks do, even shamelessly, ape very 80's sonics, there is a lot more at work. the new single is truly a tears for fears homage. but viewed along side the 60's psychedelia, rockabilly, and even black metal influences, to write them off as a new romantic genre act is to miss the wider spectrum of synthesis/ripoff at work. i'm not saying thusly you have to like it more, but they are more interesting than just another synthpop throwback to dismiss.