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NEON DREAM: Anodyne

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Artist: NEON DREAM (@)
Title: Anodyne
Format: CD
Label: Equinoxe Records (@)
I'm impressed about how much this band (apart from the female vocals) sounds like the last Iggy Pop mixed up with some goth tunes. The singer's voice is real deep and catchy and the tracks have a solid sound which help a lot by keeping up the energy. As usual I don't like the female vocal (too ethereal and boring for my taste) but the granitic sound which mix Iggy Pop, Sister Of Mercy and Type O' Negative is sounding someway fresh and new to my ears. Of the nine tracks I prefer the most direct and distorted moments but also some ballads reveals good moments full of energy and pathos. Talking about tracks: "Red Light Anodyne" has got a certain crawling touch which remember me the Iggy Pop's ballads. The following track "Entrain" is a little too metal and based on solos to fit my needs of energy, even if it has got a catchy refrain. Let's skip track six (too mellow) and pass to "Overscreening", "Viable" and "Lilith". The first one is a good one while the eight minutes long "Viable" is the weakest of the lot: it sounds like a slow Christian Death ballad including Valor's moanings. With "Lilith" we have got again a good goth rock tune which ends the album. All in all a good album if you think that this is their debut!

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