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Having released three albums in their native Iceland and played close to 700 gigs across Europe and America since forming back in 1992, it's fair to say that--while It's All True may be their first UK album proper--the four girls and a boy that make up Bellatrix have been around the block a few times. And it shows. Theirs is indie rock chaos honed to perfection, carrying off a neat balancing act between punk noise and pop melodies that beg to be hummed. The secret of Bellatrix's success is the way they've stolen the best pop bones of one-time chart favourites Sleeper and grafted them on to the twisted disco basslines and killer
Having released three albums in their native Iceland and played close to 700 gigs across Europe and America since forming back in 1992, it's fair to say that--while It's All True may be their first UK album proper--the four girls and a boy that make up Bellatrix have been around the block a few times. And it shows. Theirs is indie rock chaos honed to perfection, carrying off a neat balancing act between punk noise and pop melodies that beg to be hummed. The secret of Bellatrix's success is the way they've stolen the best pop bones of one-time chart favourites Sleeper and grafted them on to the twisted disco basslines and killer synth hooks that have made gods of Elastica. Add the operatically trained Eliza Maria Geirsdottir, who ditches the regular sultry girl-with-guitar mumblings, for passionate pronunciation to make those quirky choruses stick and the net result is Alanis Morrisette singing Elastica's greatest hits; this is stranger than it sounds, and much, much better than it should be. --Dan Gennoe
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Manufacturer: Fierce Panda
Release date: 22 May 2000
EAN: 5020422091429 UPC: 5020422091429
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