The Boy With The Thorn In His Side

La Roux. Ben and Elly. Winter 2010. Tour.

Need I say more?

Happy day! Guess who’s coming back to the States! Yup! La Roux are coming back for another round through the US, albeit a somehwat abbreviated one. With the release of the self-titled debut via Cherrytree/Interscope slated for 29 September, the duo are primed to bring their brand of analogue electronic pop to the State for real. Here are the dates! Can you tell how excited I am?!

10/18/09 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
10/19/09 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre
10/21/09 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s Tavern
10/23/09  Toronto, ON @ The Guvernment
10/24/09  Montreal, QC @ Studio Juste Pour Rire
10/26/09 New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom
10/27/09  Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

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been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun don’t pull me down,
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet,
I won’t let you in again, the messages I’ve tried to send,
my informations’ just not going in,
burnin’ bridges shore to shore, I’ll break away from something more,
I’m not to not to love until it’s cheap

And there you have it, friends! Elly & Ben and friends aka La Roux make their nationally televised debut on Jimmy Kimmel and I must say it was pretty good! It was obvious that Elly was a tumultuous bundle of nerves on stage but she still came out like a champ. Not quite sure what the point of the drummer was there as it’s obviously he doesn’t add anything aside from the visual so not it’s all synths up on stage. Nonetheless, it was a good performance of a brilliant track from an ace debut record. America, the synths are back. I hope you’re ready…

“Ouuhh but when we start making fires

We get ever so hot
Ouuhh  whether we like it or not.
They say we can love who we trust
Ouuhh but what is love without lost?
Two hours with accurate devotions
Ouuhh and what are feelings without emotions?"

Well, it was only but a couple of days ago I  introduced you all to the lovely couple, Elly & Ben, who together come to form La Roux and their catchy debut single Quicksand. Right on cue, it seems the lovely people at Polydor have issued a quaint promotional film for the second single In For The Kill. If you didn’t quite hear the strong 80s influence to be found in La Roux’s music before, you definitely hear it here. Analogue synths in abundance, a tinge of vocodered vocals and a simple, plaintive beat. In other words: they kept it simple, stupid!

Me likey. How about you?

Have I mentioned that 2009 is off to a huge bang already?! Some solid tunes and some great records on the way have already begun putting 2008 to shame! May I introduce you to another hot act. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to La Roux. They’ve come to us from England (where else?) and are made up of Elly Jackson and Ben Langmaid, they’ve also brought the force in the form of their debut single Quicksand released in November on Kitsune. A bit of a head-nodder, you’ll be dancing haphazardly in no time flat. It’s that infectious. For some reason, I hear some serious Eurythmics action with Timbaland dropping a beat from his mid 90’s sample library. Throw that in a blender with some Yaz and you’ve got La Roux. I think I’m in love…

The debut record will be out very soon via Polydor. You lucky Brits can catch them on the road now as they’re opening dates with Lily Allen. The rest of us? We’ll have to settle with checking out their MySpace.