‘Ribbed Music For The Numb Generation’ is the début album from the British electro sensation that is Soho Dolls. The music has a dirty electro pop feel, the female vocals come across well over a backdrop of distorted guitars and fuzzy keyboards. It’s an interesting album of succulent electronic pop music. When you first listen to this album the music will all seem extremely familiar, the band is instantly recognisable and as you listen to this album the music of Soho Dolls should surely impress you greatly. For those that are pure of mind however, be warned that the lyrical content of this band is extremely sensual and in fact overtly sexual.
The album begins with ‘Stripper’, an excellent opening track that instantly throws you right into the heart of it all. From here on in not once does the music of Soho Dolls disappoint. Every track present on this album is a delicious display of synth-pop. The album is not perfect, but with ‘Ribbed Music For The Numb Generation’ this band most definitely grabs your attention and holds it throughout the entire duration of this release. There is an underlying punk energy that runs through many of the tracks here, most notably this is present on ‘Stripper’, ‘Right and Right Again’, and ‘Weekender’ also.
‘Weekender’ is perhaps the highlight of the album for me. It has an upbeat energy, a fast pace, and the vocals are absolutely excellent here. Throughout all twelve of these tracks the vocals are brilliant in fact, but particularly here and helped perfectly by a fantastic chorus. There is something just a little more enjoyable about this track, something that makes it stand out from the pack as exceptional. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what it is that makes this track so special, it’s more the culmination of separate superb qualities here adding up to an all in all sublime piece of music.
In ‘Pleasures of Soho’ front woman Maya von Doll states ‘Give me your attention, I’ll show you all the pleasures of Soho’. It’s an interesting track which incorporates the name of the band and goes some way in explaining why the name of Soho Dolls was chosen. The band is from London and always the female members of the band incorporate the title of ‘Doll’ into their stage name. This is sleaze rock at it’s finest, a dirty display of sexually ambiguous savage anthems. The music is greatly interesting, the lyrical content is fantastic, and every element of this bands music comes together beautifully.
As well as the super stomp of ‘Right and Right Again’, another track to have been released commercially from this album as a single is ‘My Vampire’. You can definitely understand this decision, the track is impressive and the music here comes across as fine as ever. In truth any one of these twelve tracks could be released to commercial avail; not one track from this album does not possess the quality to make a decent single. It’s a strong album, sexual language riddles this release and personally I find this brilliant to hear in the band. I always enjoy when a band has interesting lyrical content, and you certainly can’t say that Soho Dolls lyrics are not something special.
London’s Soho Dolls is an incredibly fine band. I wholeheartedly recommend giving this album a listen, you’ll surely not be disappointed with this highly sexed display of electronic excellence. Steve Lyon and Robert Harder were in charge of the production here, men that previously produced artists such as The Cure and Babyshambles respectively. A bad job has certainly not here been done, the production work of this album is in fact excellent and for this these two men must be congratulated. Everything about this album is excellent, right down to the individuals that produced it. All five members of this band contribute crackingly to the albums brilliance, such musical talent is on display here and not once does this album disappoint. Give ‘Ribbed Music For The Numb Generation’ a listen, I personally can’t get enough of it and am sure that you too will find great enjoyment in listening to it.
Label: A&G Records
Release Date: 24th September 2007
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