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The Lovemakers

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The Lovemakers album is fantastic, especially songs like "Fashion", "We Should Be Taking Our Clothes Off", and "Little Dru Dru". Those are my favorite, but there is not a low point on the entire CD. A virtually flawless debut (I defy somebody to find something wrong with it!). And the price, that's super low.

Here was what it was like to see them two weeks ago:

The Lovemakers came onstage and right away they gave me something mean sounding, metalic synth-boogie which I later learned was "Little Dru Dru".

The Lovemakers are a sexy chick named Lisa Light (who is rumored to take off her clothes when the musical frenzy overcomes her) and her boyfriend, Scott Blonde on guitar and Jason Proctor on the programmer.

Lisa played a bass that looked too big for her small frame, but she played it like she was wrestling a beast - and winning. She also played a spooky looking electric violin. And occasionally she would pound a thick rubber dildo on the strings of either instrument.

Scott played guitar and split the singing with Lisa. He wriggled and convulsed like some weird and cool mix of Iggy Pop, Ian Curtis and Devo (I told him so later, over a beer). He was spastic and made of elastic. He was magnificent.

Behind this mesmerizing couple stood Jason behind a keyboard with a zillion wires coming out of it, he zipped and zapped different noises and stood motionless, like a robotic butler. He wore a three-piece white suit as he Kajagoogoo'd away.

They tore through their set, seething, raw, dirty and mean. Despite their wimpy name, they played hectic, psychotic Disco-Punk.

They closed their set with both "A Forest" and "The Walk". Imagine that. Two Cure covers in one night! What they did to "A Forest" was life-changing. I never heard it quite that disco'd-up before.

The album is remarkable. The Lovemakers take their inspiration from what was good, honest and true about New Wave, but they treat it with modern-day gloves. They respectfully integrate it into a rock-n-roll sound all their own, and seem to take that New Wave element to it's logical conclusion.

Good playing, good singing, good lyrics and good looking. The Lovemakers are going to be one of those bands everyone will hear about soon enough. The only crime is that the album is not longer.

I heard of the Lovermakers songs on a compilation, which was called "Internet Girlfriend," and it stayed with me. I loved that song. But now it's almost five years since I first heard the sounds of Ladytron and some of their ilk. Electroclash is either a bad word now like "post-modernism" or it is a word that you describe bands that you like with your young friends who have never seen a record player. The Lovemakers are from the Bay Area and may be the best electro pop band going right now. Their music draws on some of the same sources as The Faint and Mount Sims. Almost every song on this CD is a hit. The Lovemakers also don't seem very retro. It's not like we are thinking about the future as Gary Numan did. Also what makes The Lovermakers great is a thrilling live show. Some electro acts seem too stiff and self-conscious. We get the joke after a few songs with them. But with The Lovemakers it seems like something you want to keep around.

This album took me by surprise - I don't know what happened but all of sudden I started to dance around the house like crazy - and it is all because of the opening song 'Dance.' Is there a more catchy song than 'Dance?' Not only that it is also sad like watching someone you love going away - and maybe not coming back. And that's only the first song!

The male singer reminds me of Jarvis Cocker meeting maybe Robert Smith of the Cure - and the songs are warm and smart like Pulp. There is that 'trashy' element to their music, but there is a tone to all of it that says 'hey I am human, I have the right to feel this way.'

Yeah, yeah it has its 80's thing down pat, but I think the material itself goes beyond that. What can I say? Great tunes, and the girl and guy singing is fantastic. Also great percussion things are going on in the background. 'Fashion' has a great opening bass line that reminds me of a James Chance song.

The music is clever, but without the wink. It has heart and they are truly the Lovemakers!

this is a nice little ditti... i like it because the production is real simple and the male and female vocal banter is a nice change from the norm. it's a restatement of an 80's sound without seeming contrived or being a slave to the style. i liked the re-mixed 'the faint' album but found the original effort kind of plodded along. this lovemakers album, while trolling the same era, is a nice lite fun danceable offering in comparison.