Review: Defying Sounds
Review published in Upsala Nya Tidning (Swedish local newspaper) in the Autumn of 2004. Translation to English follows below.
Lost Shadow
Defying Sounds
Hemsida: www.phonocratic.tk
Nästan alla låtskrivare har gjort det, snott en ackordföljd rakt av och sedan lagt en ny melodi ovanpå. Lost Shadows (Johan Bengtsson) lån av Pet Shop Boys Being Boring är dock lite väl uppenbart. Tjejen som viskar på franska är också ett klassiskt syntgrepp (minns Visages Fade to grey!). Glädjande nog är han en skicklig låtsnickrare också, fast hans maskinpark behöver uppdateras.
Lost Shadow
Defying Sounds
Home page: www.phonocratic.tk
Almost every song writer has done it, stolen a chord sequence and then put a new melody on top of it. Lost Shadow’s (Johan Bengtsson) loan from Pet Shop Boys’ Being Boring is yet a little too obvious. The girl who whispers in French is also a classic synth move (remember Visage’s Fade to grey!). Fortunately enough he is also a skilful song writer, even though his equipment needs an update.
Track listing
- Tonight
- Is That Really What You Want?
- A Defying Sound
- Astray
- Last Track
I think the review focuses a little too much on what I have copied from others, but I like it, and since I’m a huge Pet Shop Boys fan myself, I consider it a merit to have them mentioned in my first official review…