Lights Of Euphoria – Suicidal (Mini-Album – Infacted Recordings)
Genre/Influences: Electro-Pop, Indie-Pop.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: 2022 has been a prolific and creative year for Lights Of Euphoria. The German-Danish trio released several singles and two mini-albums by the end of the year. Both mini-albums feature the title-tracks of the singles plus some new songs as well.
Content: This mini-album features 6 songs which are totally representative for the band’s sound they’ve developed during the years. You get a danceable, ‘harder’, side with catchy passages and a ‘softer’, and more melancholic side.
+ + + : The work takes off with the cool Indie-Pop driven “The Sound Of Thunder” which reveals the band at its best. Jimmy Machon’s sexy timbre of voice is a great match with the music. I also like the upcoming cuts “Access Denied”, “Man And Machine” and “Collapsed”.
– – – : Both last songs are softer and once more the ones which couldn’t convince me.
Conclusion: This work reveals Lights Of Euphoria at its best; alluring and danceable Electro/Indie-Pop music.
Best songs: “The Sound Of Thunder”, “Collapsed”, “Access Denied”, “Man And Machine”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/lightsofeuphoria
Label: www.infacted-recordings.de / www.facebook.com/pages/Infacted-Recordings/124099254321690
Listen to “Suicidal”:
About Lights Of Euphoria
Lights Of Euphoria started in the 1990s as a one-shot project of Torben Schmidt, who was running the Leaëther Strip fan club at the time, with Claus Larsen on vocals for the song “Subjection”, released on a Zoth Ommog compilation. The project continued and released numerous albums and EPs, later joined by Jimmy Machon of Godheads, with guest vocalists including Ronan Harris of VNV Nation, Stephan Groth of Apoptygma Berzerk, Vasi Vallis of Frozen Plasma, Johan van Roy of Suicide Commando and Kay Härtle of Supreme Court. After a twelve-year break, the band returned with the full-length “Traumatized” on Infacted Recordings, joined by Thomas Gaarn. “Suicidal”, released on Infacted Recordings on October 7, 2022, was the first of two mini-albums the trio issued that year, followed a month later by “Angels”.
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