Melodic songs from across the galaxy come poring out of April Laragy
and the members of the band Atomic Swindlers.
There's no swindle here just good music. We travel back in time to a
period when bands and their music told a story like the Beatles and
Ziggy Stardust. And you'll hear a bit of their sound in the Atomic
Swindlers as well. Albeit some of the stories told here might be
beyond the grasp of the average human intellect.
As soon as the disk starts spinning you can hear the influences of the
bands mentioned earlier mixed with the sounds of today. Some of the
tunes bring to mind No Doubt or Garbage while others flash back to the
Pandoras [thanks in part to the lead vocals on all accounts]. Laragy's
cow punk past even shines through on one or two of the tracks.
Each tune lends itself to a different style of music while never
straying too far. The deceptively cheery music tends to hide the
darker forces working within the lyrics [which you can read on the
bands official website]. The science fiction theme is never lost in
any of the songs, taking the listener to the outer reaches of space
and time while more often than not returning us to look even deeper
into the human psyche to see what we might have learned on our
journey.
Their first music video is a spiffy little animated Samurai-Jack-like
adventure where we find the heroine searching the galaxy for her
ladylove. The video premiered at the ImageOut film festival for its
lesbian theme. And another song, Intergalactic Lesbian Love Song,
suggests a future time and place when homosexually just is without the
controversy --- as hopefully one day it will be here when all peoples
are excepted no matter their race, religion or orientation.
You can watch the video on their website. It is also available on the
enhanced CD. Once you see it you'll want more.
Take Atomic Swindlers CD, Coming Out Electric out for a spin or two
you'll find yourself listening to it all the time. Be sur eto check
out the band and the cd on their official website.
CD available through CD
Baby.com.
Official Website:
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