A
winning mix of shoegaze and Sabbath-inspired riffage from
female-fronted Detroit four piece.
If a band was to pick a
Davie Bowie song to cover, most would opt for for something from his
'70s or early '80s output. There are not many bands that would choose
Bowie's 1997 single “I'm Afraid Of Americans”. But there again
Luder (for it is they) are no ordinary band. On Adelphophagia,
the band's 2nd long-player and follow up to 2009's
Sonoluminescence, the band's
version of the lesser-spotted-Bowie-single adds a rock guitar slant
to Bowie and Eno's squelchy electro-funk. It's a choice that tells
you much about Luder. They've one foot in the four-square grunge rock
classicist camp, while slyly casting admiring eyes and taking note of
the more avant-garde, artful and experimental. The Lady Gagas of rock
if you can picture that for a second. Well maybe not, but if anyone
remembers electronic rock duo Curve, that may give you an idea of
what we're dealing with.
It's this mix of
leftfield rock and big choruses that gives the album it's strength.
It's moody, but big on groove. The album's release on Small Stone
Records marks something of a stylistic departure for a label that's
usually associated with a more macho stoner rock sound. This
branching out into more cerebral meditative territory can do no harm
though. The riffs when they do come will still satisfy die-hard rock
fans, they're hard hitting and perhaps all the more effective for the
band's otherwise restrained use of dynamics. While difficult to
pigeon-hole into one stylistic genre, as there are various strands in
Luder's musical DNA, it's this effortless blending that ultimately
stands in the band's favour, and anyone willing to listen will no
doubt be won over. Oh and the album title? It's what happens when an
embryo consumes another in utero. So now you know!
Click here for Luder's
website.
Click here for Small Stone Records.
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