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By mixing their well-established quirky analogue style with slightly harder rhythmic elements on the EP Bodypop the French synthpoppers Celluloide instigated yet another musical sub-genre for everyone to get excited/argue about (& the fact that And One also started using the same term at almost exactly the same time is neither here nor there). For all the fanfare, though, it hasn't exactly made a startling change to the Celluloide sound as the band's bleepy analogue flavours are still very much in evidence on this latest album. In fact, apart from the harder rhythms that crop up here & there, most noticeably during the no-nonsense "Translation Of Love" which is one of the album's highlights &, to a lesser extent on "Puzzled", which gets straight down to business in a most effective manner, the trio of Darkleti, Member u-0176 & Patryck Holdwem play very much to their strengths, sensibly keeping Darkleti's cool vocals that give the band their essential Gallic character, very much to the fore. Despite sounding a tad oof-key in one or two places they're generally as effective as ever here, combining well with some fine synth backing during the lively "Last Second" & "Dreaming Of Tomorrow", the latter of which proves that even the bleepiest music can still sound emotive in the right hands while still more fine synth work graces the chorus of "Incommunication". In fact, apart from the awful pun that is the title "Hide & Sick" there's nothing bad to say about this album so if your passion & excitement is for unadulterated analogue synthpop goodness then look no further. |
