Lolita Terrorist Sounds – St. Lola (Lolita Terrorist Factory)
Lolita Terrorist Sounds – St. Lola (Album – Lolita Terrorist Factory)
Genre/Influences: Experimental, Dark-Wave, Post-Punk, Industrial.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Lolita Terrorist Sounds is driven by Italian musician Maurizio Vitale who got some assistance in the production by Roderick Miller. “St. Lola” is the debut album.
Content: It’s hard to catch the sound of this album which rather sounds like the offspring between different influences; from Dark-Wave & Post-Punk reminding me of Bauhaus and The Birthday Party to a more Industrial and experimental style.
+ + + : I like the ‘free-style’ the album has been made by. The Industrial and some Epic arrangements inject a powerful and bombast touch.
– – – : This is not the most accessible work but definitely out of the box.
Conclusion: A free transposition of Dark-Wave music and related genres into something personal.
Best songs: “Prison Song”, “Shaved Girl”.
Rate: 7.
Artist: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063482614013&fref=ts
About Lolita Terrorist Sounds
Lolita Terrorist Sounds was founded by Berlin-based Italian musician Maurizio Vitale. The band has collaborated with members of Einstürzende Neubauten, Iggy Pop, and PJ Harvey. The name combines Nabokov’s Lolita with cut-up techniques inspired by William Burroughs.
“St. Lola,” reviewed here, is the band’s debut album, released via Lolita Terrorist Factory with production assistance from Roderick Miller. Its closing track, “Living-in-glory,” later became the basis for a collaborative art-video with Berlin Wall artist Kiddy Citny, and the band toured Berlin, Poznań, Warsaw, and Prague in October 2024.
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