Lord Genocyde's CD Reviews
Band: Starlit
Title: She Was A Spicy She-Wolf
Simara Rose's aggressive and hard-rockin' band Starlit brings us She Was A Spicy She-Wolf, the ever-present tour-de-force, in-your-face audio assault that will only leave you begging...for more.
Musically pulling no punches, the guitars drive like Mad Max through a sound that can only be described as apocalyptic. The drums pound your eardrums to a pulp, the bass bumps, booms and throbs and then...the intensity seems to be both strengthened and tempered by Simara's vocals.
Muther comes off as a vaudeville and rather playful version of an old childhood lullabye gone almost nightmarish but fun.
Transformation presents itself as a pure, intense and serious song, prompting us all to rise above the pain and negativity, spit in the face of adversity, kick it in the nuts, defiantly display individuality at all costs and walk off thereby labelling adversity a cunt.
I Want You is pure expression of love and lust all at once.
Social Slut is a scathing and rather venomous take on those that fake lifestyles simply to fit in.
And these are just a few of Lord Genocyde's faves so far.
Still songs like "Our Sinz", "Sanctuary", "God Complex" and "The Light" are not to be ignored and niether are "Heart In A Cage", "Parasite" or "Daizies".
Now, this song I saved for last. Why? You'll see.
Starlit's take on David Bowie's "Modern Love" showed an altogether new side of it. Starlit's cover ventures into burlesque territory and fearlessly tackles the song's subject content in the way that, I'm sure, even Bowie himself never dreamed possible.
Ok so let's summarize here:
A. Great Songs that range in intensity and function
B. The entire album itself is fresh, new, unique and would otherwise dethrone well over half if not all the mainstream cutie wannabes that are commercially available today.
C. The cover art brings back a style that's very old and an art that was nearly lost with the likes of Betty Page (and who DIDN'T like her?)
D. The sound is cherry and professional
E. You could almost be satisfied with imagining live performances of these songs in your head but why bother? They're probably even better on stage!
F. KMFDM remixed Muther for a special CD single that you can snag when you go to snag your copy of this CD...and you know you wanna.
Bottom Line: What's Not To Like?!
Better Question: What Are You Waiting For?! Why Are You Still Reading?!
Grade: A+
