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Smoke & Fire

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With all the retro rock (Strokes, Stills, Hives, etc.) and the nostalgia of the 'new' funk/dance channeled New Order/Gang of Four (Interpol, Franz Ferdinand, Liars, Rapture, etc.) who is there to pick up the pieces left by Alphaville, Propaganda, Pet Shop Boys, etc. -- Neulander! Here, this is as the nation's beloved home-guru/convict-in-waiting would say is a 'good thing'

The CD is both dense & spacious, with various synths and bass/percussion lines interweaving with beautiful female vocals (not quite Laetitia Sadlier/Stereolab nice, but close). A little redundant, but doesn't all electronic/ambient music have some of that (on the other hand- Boards of Canada would have to be exempt from this clause!)

Cool, soothing, great 'chill out' or driving music.
Stand out faster tracks are 'Flying' (getting a lot of airplay on indie radio here), 'Sex, God + Money', 'Blue Bird Party', the euro-ballad 'Schauspieler' is also nice.

Overall, not original (what really is....), but good & entertaining nonetheless.