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For a band that named itself after the first dog in outer space -- and previous albums called Sounds of the Satellites and Silver Apples of the Moon -- you'd think Laika would make spacey ambient music with a focus on quirky beats. And they do, sometimes. The emphasis, though, of Good Looking Blues, the London quartet's third album, is to give equal attention to Margaret Fiedler's smooth, somewhat gothic-and-soul-influenced vocals and the band's mixture of rock, slow electronic, and sit-on-your-couch dance music. Fiedler, who went to grade school with Liz Phair in Winnetka, Illinois and later played in a Smiths-sounding college band with Moby, speak-sings dark fictional stories about life's basic themes: love, sex, death, and work. But it's not quite that simple. For instance, on one of the album's standouts, "Black Cat Bone," she tells a story of a woman who kills her evil husband with voodoo: "Rocks for my pillow and sand for my bed/For better or worse, I left him for dead." Laika's talent is crafting a particular mood. This mood, however, is difficult to explain. With songs about nights of apologies on "Moccasin," a lover man leaving on "T Street," and working for the man until death do you part on "Widow's Weed" you can't deny that Laika is dealing with themes of depression and wallowing in sadness. And even though you wouldn't call the sound upbeat, it is indeed mesmerizing, tranquil, and head-bobbing.
© Amy Schroeder /TiVo
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Rob Ellis, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Whyman, AssociatedPerformer - Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BMG, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Danny Doyle, DJ - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Too Pure Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Louise Elliott, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Barge, AssociatedPerformer - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Doyle, DJ - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2002 Too Pure Records Ltd
Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2002 Too Pure Records Ltd
Rob Ellis, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Whyman, AssociatedPerformer - Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Louise Elliott, AssociatedPerformer - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Rob Ellis, AssociatedPerformer - Pete Whyman, AssociatedPerformer - Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Louise Elliott, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Barge, AssociatedPerformer - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Doyle, DJ - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2002 Too Pure Records Ltd
Pete Whyman, AssociatedPerformer - Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - BMG, MusicPublisher - Chrysalis Music Ltd, MusicPublisher - Danny Doyle, DJ - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Too Pure Music Ltd., MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Louise Elliott, AssociatedPerformer - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Rob Ellis, AssociatedPerformer - Laika, MainArtist - Guy Fixsen, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Danny Doyle, DJ - Lou Ciccotelli, AssociatedPerformer - Chrysalis Music BMI, MusicPublisher - John Frenett, AssociatedPerformer - CMRRA, MusicPublisher - Hipgnosis Songs Group, MusicPublisher - Margaret Fiedler McGinnis, Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
Album review
For a band that named itself after the first dog in outer space -- and previous albums called Sounds of the Satellites and Silver Apples of the Moon -- you'd think Laika would make spacey ambient music with a focus on quirky beats. And they do, sometimes. The emphasis, though, of Good Looking Blues, the London quartet's third album, is to give equal attention to Margaret Fiedler's smooth, somewhat gothic-and-soul-influenced vocals and the band's mixture of rock, slow electronic, and sit-on-your-couch dance music. Fiedler, who went to grade school with Liz Phair in Winnetka, Illinois and later played in a Smiths-sounding college band with Moby, speak-sings dark fictional stories about life's basic themes: love, sex, death, and work. But it's not quite that simple. For instance, on one of the album's standouts, "Black Cat Bone," she tells a story of a woman who kills her evil husband with voodoo: "Rocks for my pillow and sand for my bed/For better or worse, I left him for dead." Laika's talent is crafting a particular mood. This mood, however, is difficult to explain. With songs about nights of apologies on "Moccasin," a lover man leaving on "T Street," and working for the man until death do you part on "Widow's Weed" you can't deny that Laika is dealing with themes of depression and wallowing in sadness. And even though you wouldn't call the sound upbeat, it is indeed mesmerizing, tranquil, and head-bobbing.
© Amy Schroeder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:09
- Main artists: Laïka
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Too Pure
- Genre: Electronic
2000 Too Pure Records Ltd 2000 Too Pure Records Ltd
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