Eighth Dimensions
2005
We Could Connect Or We Could Not
About This Album
As the Postal Service already proved in 2004, a pretty pop song crafted with sugar-sweet electronics can be just as pleasing as you traditional guitar-bass-drum outfit. But what happens when you have a group with guitar-bass-drums that also wants to make an electronic pop album? Lismore is the best case scenario. Singer Penelope Trappes met producer Stephen Hindman when he was still working as drum'n'bass DJ Kingsize. The pair added drummer Peter Kaufmann and bassist Claude Coleman, but that didn't mean they were giving up their electronic background. Their debut benefits from both. Opener "Tremolo" snaps and crackles with tip-toeing beats and Trappes' aquatic, processed vocal traipsing about, but "Pour un Ancien Ami" adds a steady bass/drum lick that drives a Kinks' toned guitar riff. "Cut," a deeper grove reminiscent of Portishead, plugs on while "One Room House" takes a Casio waltz tempo and flushes it out with acoustic guitars and more of Trappes' flirty vox. Never too heavy or too complicated, Lismore points directly towards the current future of pop music. Not to say that's where things are going (some would say we've already been here), but it seems like a solid bet that "twee-tronica" will be around for more than a minute. ~ Joshua Glazer, All Music Guide
Track List (try tracks 1,2,3,4,5,7 and 8)

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