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Review:
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I had better admit to a conflict of interests, the
songs are so close musically to those I wrote for my own
band, that it is very difficult to be objective. Groovy
driving new wave rock inspired by REM, Stranglers, Magazine,
Banshees, Blondie, The Damned, Duran Duran, and Ultravox
with gothic overtones, their name coming from the famous
Parisian graveyard, where the late great Jim Morrison is
laid to rest, and appropriately there are some strong Doors
influences here. They are in fact Italian by the way, founded
by keys master and chief songwriter Suspiria. Annalisa,
who passed the mike over to Xenya after the recording of
the album, has a unique and very distinctive voice, somewhere
around Sinead O’Connor. ‘That’s Enough’, ‘Short Life’, the
lead single, and ‘A Matter of …’ are cracking commercial
rock songs; ‘Maybe’, ‘Deep Silent Melancholy’ and ‘Wasteland’
are emotional and powerful; ‘Start Again’ and ‘It’s Just
a Dream’ are simply wonderful. For anyone who likes darn
good rock good songs, full of interesting guitars and keys,
that you can dance or headbang to, depending on you penchant,
then it’s available from most descent dealers, boogie along
to www.myspace.com/lachaiseband
to find out more. This out of body experience is well
worthy of 8.75/10
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