Self-titled introduction, which portrays this strange character ("juggling with a carving knife/while on his bald head a tiny penguin slept/from his grinning mouth/he spewed out a great black spider/like a scream right into my face"...according to some b-side psychologists who try to interpret dream, a penguin represents disorientation, contradictions or ambiguity, while spiders are normally associated with paranoia, illusions or boring relations but I don't want to take a stab at this kind of "science" for fortune tellers...!) the author met in his dream, could be a little bit misleading for the grim aspect evoked by Andi Sexgang (a legendary voice of the primordial Batcave scene with his Sex Gang Children) of such an encounter, but I can ensure listeners that Lakobeil are not the umpteenth dogsitters of Cerberus, even though I cannot say their lyrics are totally lacking hints about religious stuff (maybe the most self-evident of the album, whose "sacrality" sounds highlighted by a church organ, alternated with electropunk outcrops, is "Sebastiane", supposedly referring to Saint Sebastian's martyrdom. After the above-mentioned intro, Lakobeil, who are not newcomers at all - besides being member of In My Rosary (as well as part of the darkwave band Griffin's Fall, a collaboration between IMR and Martin von Arndt), Dirk Lakomy has been producer of Derriere Le Miroir, while Tobias Birkenbeil is the main head behind German EBM band D.N.S. and has a remarkable experience as composer of movie scores -, exhibit a good paraphernalia of sonic cartridges, whose spinal cord is supplied with synth-pop and electronic new-wave blood, which sometimes containes traces of clashing dance ("Amygdala"), EBM's square waves and regular patterns ("0815" - a song who sounds like a self-ironic act of intellectual honesty -, "Contemplation" and many other ones), punkey syncopations ("Push it to the MAX"), instant electro-pop glues (such as "Sleeper" and "That's All" - my favorite song - with backing vocals by Stella B.). Lakobeil are aware they've not issued something revolutionary, but I'm pretty sure they know their sound is somewhat winsome.