"I think its rare to hear a new artist and instantly feel a connection to their work. This is the reason I was so impressed and pleasantly surprised when I recently saw L.P perform at the Virgin Mega Store in Union Square, NYC. I must say I think LP is a breath of fresh air, whose sound will please the masses while still retaining its appeal as a provocative and different new group. A guaranteed good time, you won't be able to get "Suburan Sprawl and Alcohol" out of your car stereo."
Saw them live and they kicked my butt ;)
Kalani L. Catbagan | NYC, USA | 01/30/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I live in NYC and was wandering into a music store, when I saw them performing. I am very picky with music and had never heard of L.P. before, but when I heard them playing "Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol" live, it blew my mind out of it's skull. I'm hooked!"
Whoa.
Towy | Georgia | 09/02/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The first time I saw/heard L.P. was when my band played a show with them in Georgia, and I was instantly floored. Insanely talented musicians, and L.P. herself has an incredible voice. Suddenly one of my favorite bands."
Old school rock with a pinch of vulnerability
Jennifer Hamilton | Rockville, MD USA | 08/18/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Play this album LOUD! Awesome original songs with great hooks, a passionate and powerful vocalist, supported by a *rocking* band combine to overwhelm me each time I listen to this album.
See them live if you possibly can! http://www.lprock.com. Incredible energy and charismatic stage presence don't even begin to describe.
P.S. 'Little Death' rocks and has the best bridge in R&R."
"Everything's waiting here" for fans of great rock 'n' roll.
L. Z. | PA USA | 07/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For some "hot fun in the summertime," try this album from indie-rock band L.P., which share those initials with its unnamed & enigmatic frontwoman. Eleven songs of love, lust & longing raise the temperature and crackle with the enery of heat lightening on a summer night.
The fragile powerhouse who fronts L.P. is a young woman whose meticulously honed talent brings us an arresting array of material in this album that should not be such a well-kept secret. Songs range from the bachanalian chant of "Little Death" to the soulful anthem (& title track) "Suburban Sprawl & Alcohol."
The vital rock format is well-crafted here, but the propulsive music is anything but generic. Treat yourself to something that will stop you in your/those ho-sum, sing-song tracks. These are stunning downtown art songs that allow listeners to get "Wasted" (track 1, a sort of carpe-diem power ballad: "get wasted on love...life...with me") on something that's very right indeed.
The listenable lyrics are smart and entertaining; irony and humor are used to good effect. "Darkside" croons " I hope you're happy with your ordinary life/It's the wrong place/the wrong time/the darkside."
Most of these songs speak with a disarming directness that, combined with the purity of L.P.'s vocals, create something more than another college station sound.
It would seem unlikely that the beautiful bearer of the voice behind S.S.&A. is channeling loss, regret, and yearning (as opposed to, say, exhilaration, ecstasy, and ego). A winning ambisexual combination of pre-Raphaelite angel and the young Bruce Springsteen, L.P.'s performance style is uncalculated and unrestrained. With a face like a cameo portrait, this self-professed "big ol' d*ke" eludes easy categorization. Her voice's extraordinary technical and expressive qualities leave few unmoved and are best showcased here on the title track. Its simple refrain, "we all turn back in the end," is like a prism she's holding to the light and tilting as it shimmers between anguish, indignation, and acceptance.
L.P.'s live shows begin with (and sustain) a fierce energy that would seem to explain the lightening bolt image on the cover of a previous album, "Heart-
Shaped Scar." I heard the band open for Joe Grushecky at the Stone Pony (Asbury Park, NJ) in Feb. '06 and they were anything but overshadowed by the talent that came before and after them. Expect to be astonished!
Track Listings (11) - Disc #1
