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Review 1
Points of Departure (excerpt from magazine review)
by Southeast Performer Magazine
Lunasect is an electronic band in the more classically "new wave" sense, taking their cues from Depeche Mode not Deepsky, the Cure not the Chemical Brothers...slinky - suited for low lit lounges not large scale raves - Lunasect were anything but another Crystal Method, though there was a chemistry there. Must have been a combustible one,though,because on the release of their latest, Points of Departure, Lunasect is now comprised of Jonathan Hyatt,Daniel Farris and new lead vocalist Jessica Grant.
Simmering sensually, Grant brings to Lunasect a more forceful attitude. Though she carries a touch of the Tori Amos, as is seemingly ever present in this "genre", she doesn't overshadow the music, which has become increasingly fluid, moving past the breathy vocals-and-breakbeats stage. It's almost like Lunasect now take a more Pink Floyd approach to using synthesizers in moody progressive rock, not progressively trying to rock moody synthesizers. The Pink Floyd influence can be heard most in tracks like "Next Exit", which screams "Shine On You Crazy Diamond". Don't fear that Lunasect have gotten lost on the dark side of the moon, however. For fans of their established sound, the sinister live baritone guitar of the forefathers New Order and the Cure still wanders in on candy-stripped legs, and ambient washes float alongside eerie melodies. They may have computers, but Lunasect are more Cocteau Twins than Aphex Twin. The band has simply tightened its grip, not transferred its focus, on its ambitions. With POINTS OF DEPARTURE - Lunasect have shown they are not a band that has plans to be boxed in. -Tony Ware |
Players
Jonathan Hyatt, Daniel Farris and new lead vocalist Jessica Grant. |
Tracks
1. Permanent Damage
2. Zero
3. pulling teeth
4. Thirty Three Degrees & Raining
5. the art of self-defense
6. All I Am Is A Lie
7. Bee Stings & Tidal Waves
8. Bleeding Through
9. bluescreen
10. Living / Dreaming
11. First Light
12. wordcage
13. Home
14. Cold Heaven
15. 3:47 am,the stairwell
16. Next Exit
17. The Empty Eye
18. Goodnight Satellite |
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