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Love Love Love

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Love Love Love is addictive and proves Glass Candys potential. The album reminds me of the Siouxsie and the Banshees Scream album. Abstract unknown meanings almost stream of conscious lyrics along with steady driving beat melodic atmospheres. I think I heard some Joy Division in the drums at one point. They have a great sense of style but you cant mitigate this band to being just fashionable, they have a very real presence. Everybody always says Ida No is so good looking, but Im sure she would say so ... what, the band is definitely more than looks. The music sends you out in space, its a driving trance. The open guitar plucking in the first song is so simple its genius, open space and ambiguous areas, very raw. you can see the influences, but Its very honest to me, not a copy. Glass Candy is has everything I love about surrealist films: sex, dream like imagery, violence, and subconscious delusions, . Death Disco is an appropriate name and its a bright splinter in the music shake-up these days.

Maybe there can be a band who appeals to rockers and art students? Some people haven't given up on hair metal either. Since Glass Candy have loss their drummer, now they seem like an Apollonian version of The Kills. Maybe the heroin use does help in this case. When you first listen to this record, you are surprised and shocked by each song. "Crystal Migraine" sounds like one of the best songs ever. You are surprised that they would cover a song by The Screamers. At the same time it's like these guys grew up with Poison. As a live group, they are static. There's no interaction. They move more on the album cover than they do in person. They are supposed to be a glam band, but it's just that lead singer, Ida No, has a lot of clothes. I wouldn't call Moloko a glam band because the lead singer wears a lot of costumes. The musical member, Johnny Jewel, does a good impression of Keith Richards. With all that against then, and the band always being in a flux, Glass Candy seem really good.

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Ida No is sexy. That isn't the only thing Glass Candy have going for them but it is what the band is centered around. She has a sexy shrill voice and a glam rock/ new wave style that will get her compared to Debbie Harry from BLONDIE. She writes interesting lyrics and has a band featuring two other members guitarist Johnny Jewel and drummer Ginger Peach. Together they play "death disco" a phrase coined by the band themselves. I am sure everyone will notice the heavy BOWIE influence. That is a really easy comparison.
This is a must for fans of the rapture and bands of that dance punk genre.
So far they are impressive enough to get in Jane magazine.
the title track is my favorite so far.
great design too.

Out of sheer curiosity, I listened to the album Love, Love, Love by Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre hoping that it would sound every bit as nostalgic as the album cover suggests. One only needs to see the cover once to realize that this is something borrowed straight out of the 1982 music vaults. To boot, it looks exactly like MTV's first year on air; which were "the days" in my opinion. Anyway, after doing a little research on the Internet to see what these guys were all about, I felt compelled to expand my knowledge of the band. Contrary to my desire, I found that there really isn't much information available on the band. Maybe it's because they are still fairly unrecognized to the music scene. Hopefully this is something that will change as time progresses.

It's highly apparent what has been the main influence for Glass Candy. After finding several pictures of the band online, I realized that lead singer, Ida No, has virtually nailed the 80's new wave look. She's been referred to as a cross between Ziggy Stardust and Alan Vega. The music itself has even been tagged as "death disco." It may also be noted that Ida, along with guitarist, John David V, may unwillingly bring the mullet back if they're not careful.

Love, Love, Love is not a very long album. A few of the songs are from previous 7-inch releases that have been selected to surface here. I should also note that these 7-inch releases should be gobbled up quickly, as they may become very nice collectibles in the future. "Crystal Migraine" begins with hammering punk-like bass and guitar riffs over Ida's seamlessly aggressive vocals. "Hurt" shows the caustic side of No's lyrics. She sings, "I wanna hurt you/I wanna hurt me." I firmly believe she could do it, too. If her ability to hurt someone is even remotely as strong as her lungs, I have a feeling someone could be in for a good ass-whoopin'.

The title track, "Love, Love, Love," is a track that imparts a touch of new wave dance with its upbeat drums and swaying effects. Anyone want to do the white-man's overbite? No? Ok. The title of the last song, "Empty V," even salutes MTV with play on words. Contrary to the aggressive tone of Love, Love, Love, this song seems to change pace for what is the most "user-friendly" track offered. Overall, though, the pace of the album is quite solid. Each song remains true to the agenda the band is trying to adhere to. Love, Love, Love is punk rock all the way. It just seems to fall a little short of what could be an incredible rendition of 80's revival. I should contradict myself and say that it's a hell of a start.

So, although there is truly nothing revolutionary about Love, Love, Love, I'm hoping the idea of Glass Candy's music will instill a desire for other bands to follow with the 80's revival. I, for one, have been waiting for it to happen for quite some time. I want to put my collars up again on my shirts and wear Swatches. Not really, but you get the idea I'm going for. If you're from that era, and you miss those days, Glass Candy & the Shattered Theatre may be something that will interest you. I personally hope I get to see them live at some point. I can only image what it would be like to see them in a small club environment. Maybe after spreading the word about their music, they'll begin to gain enough recognition to make this happen.