Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop. Background/Info: ‘Forrest LeMaire’ aka Mr.Kitty is without a shadow of a doubt…
Genre/Influences: Electro-pop, wave-pop.
Background/Info:
‘Forrest LeMaire’ aka
Mr.Kitty is without a shadow of a doubt one of the hottest electro-pop American
artists from the past years. His particular style to compose electro-pop music
has something different from the other bands and is for sure the main reason to
his success. “Ephemeral” is the seventh studio album and features 30 (!) songs.
It’s a kind of conceptual release dedicated to a friend, Kahlas Austin
Stambaugh, who passed away last year.
Content:
Each disc features 15
songs and you can feel right in the beginning and right in the end it’s all
devoted to the loss of a friend. That’s maybe also the reason why this album
sounds like the most passionate and enraged one to date. The sound of Mr.Kitty
has been never that ‘hard’ although it remains pure pop-like featuring strong
melody lines and elevating choruses, great bass lines and the unique timbre of
voice of the artist. There’re a few songs featuring duo vocals with a virtual
female singer. This album also sounds as the most diversified one and that’s
for sure because of some harder EBM elements and other technoid arrangements.
+ + + :
Releasing an album with
30 different songs is a real tour de force! And especially when there’re less
songs to throw away. Mr.Kitty has realized his opus magnum and this 7th
album has something like electronic chemistry! Solid bass lines, elevating
melodies and danceable kicks make this album absolutely essential. It’s a
punchy electro-pop style with a naughty production. There’re potential hits
featured on “Ephemeral”. It also is a brilliant homage to the loss of a friend,
a meaningful composition an artist can only dream of once in a lifetime.
– – – :
I’m not a huge fan of
Mr.Kitty’s album covers. This one is clearly related to the concept of the
album, but here again it’s not my favorite aspect from this artist. But when
the music is just that great there’s no reason complaining about artwork!
Conclusion:
Electro-pop music is too
often linked to Depeche Mode clones, but luckily for the fine tasters in search
of originality there’re artists such as Mr.Kitty. “Ephemeral” is a phenomenal
artist; the most accomplished one in the band’s discography and simply the best
one!
Best songs:
“Be Alive”, “My Weak
Side”, “Trauma”, “Molt”, “Anguish”, “Not Dead Yet”, “Make It Right”,
“Disconnect Lover”, “The View Isn’t The Same”.
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