Christopher Bahn

Review: Ladytron, Velocifero

Sometimes an important part of creativity is defining the boundaries and staying firmly between them. The UK synth-pop band Ladytron has excelled at this, producing four albums that together carry such a signature sound that it would be a formula if it weren’t done so well. Velocifero continues the quartet’s stock in trade of dark, dance-floor-ready electronica, building on the fuller, more forceful sound of 2006′s excellent Witching Hour.