It is the tragedy of many pioneers that their work is not fully appreciated until later, when others have begun to steal their money. Enter Ladytron. When the multinational quartet from Liverpool made its appearance in 2001 with an album full of 80's synthpop, the music world was just dominated by the major guitar revival led by and . Ladytron (named after an early song by ) garnered appreciation
… for the debut and a hit (Seventeen) with successor Light & Magic, but after that it became fairly quiet. We are now 18 years later and the guitars have been replaced by synthesizers for quite some time. This self-titled, sixth Ladytron album thus falls into fertile soil. And gradually points to acts that have at least listened to 604 carefully and are now festival headliners. Such as (The Island) or (Deadzone). Ladytron can still do it, but should have finished this album gently after Deadzone. (RME)more
