Ladytron

Electronic and techno music are sometimes associated with ecstasy and LSD. The only drug one needs when listening to Ladytron's debut album 604 is Advil.\nThe four-person band from Liverpool, England, is reminiscent of what early '80s bands tried doing with synthesizers and drum machines. Ladytron fails at this. But the album does catch one's attention by being repetitive but interesting.\nThe album is interesting because it has an original feel. Ladytron does not fit into just one category; the band spans electronic and techno and sometimes even dabbles into the rock genre, though not very well. \nUnless one is a huge fan of electronic music, 604 becomes annoying with tracks that have four minutes of the same beat over and over again. Another annoying habit of Ladytron is having the same beat used in a different song but covered up with a different instrument. The only thing that saves the album from being a complete waste are the spoken words by the two front-women, Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo. The songs do not contain any lyrics, just the women talking over the repetitive beats.\nThe songs that do have lyrics are definitely the best on the album, at least for laughs. The lyrics mostly consist of the song's title repeated over and over again. The best song on the album is "He Took Her to a Movie." This song is remotely decent only because the lyrics have to do with a love triangle. And when her heart turned sad/He took her to a movie/She's all he's ever had/He took her to a movie/And should their love turn bad/He took her to a movie...but so did I. \nWhether it is during its repetitive beats or in lyrics about an obsession with a friend's girlfriend, 604 is at least good for a laugh.