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Fantastic debut!

M. Fantino | San Francisco, California USA | 07/29/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Lovemakers album is fantastic, especially songs like "Fashion", "We Should Be Taking Our Clothes Off", and "Little Dru Dru". Those are my favorite, but there is not a low point on the entire CD. A virtually flawless debut (I defy somebody to find something wrong with it!). And the price, that's super low. Here was what it was like to see them two weeks ago:The Lovemakers came onstage and right away they gave me something mean sounding, metalic synth-boogie which I later learned was "Little Dru Dru". The Lovemakers are a sexy chick named Lisa Light (who is rumored to take off her clothes when the musical frenzy overcomes her) and her boyfriend, Scott Blonde on guitar and Jason Proctor on the programmer.Lisa played a bass that looked too big for her small frame, but she played it like she was wrestling a beast - and winning. She also played a spooky looking electric violin. And occasionally she would pound a thick rubber dildo on the strings of either instrument. Scott played guitar and split the singing with Lisa. He wriggled and convulsed like some weird and cool mix of Iggy Pop, Ian Curtis and Devo (I told him so later, over a beer). He was spastic and made of elastic. He was magnificent. Behind this mesmerizing couple stood Jason behind a keyboard with a zillion wires coming out of it, he zipped and zapped different noises and stood motionless, like a robotic butler. He wore a three-piece white suit as he Kajagoogoo'd away. They tore through their set, seething, raw, dirty and mean. Despite their wimpy name, they played hectic, psychotic Disco-Punk. They closed their set with both "A Forest" and "The Walk". Imagine that. Two Cure covers in one night! What they did to "A Forest" was life-changing. I never heard it quite that disco'd-up before. The album is remarkable. The Lovemakers take their inspiration from what was good, honest and true about New Wave, but they treat it with modern-day gloves. They respectfully integrate it into a rock-n-roll sound all their own, and seem to take that New Wave element to it's logical conclusion. Good playing, good singing, good lyrics and good looking. The Lovemakers are going to be one of those bands everyone will hear about soon enough. The only crime is that the album is not longer."