LadytronWitching Hour

So a few weeks ago I was kicking around on iTunes, and just for the hell of it, I listened to some clips from the new Ladytron album, Witching Hour. I was pleasantly surprised. So I downloaded the whole album. And then, "pleasantly surprised" gave way to blown away. Ladytron has delivered a vision of the future of guitar-based music. Not since Radiohead's OK Computer, or Primal Scream's XTRMNTR has such a guitar-driven record hit me in the gut and brain with such awe-inspiring force. This album sounds like nothing else out there. Like all great music, it does draw from previously laid blueprints. New Order, Sonic Youth, Neu!, Lush, and Radiohead spring to mind. But Ladytron has carved out a unique, 21st century sound for themselves and they have therefore arrived at a place where few bands get to. This album is truly a vision of the future. The right balance of layered guitars, synths, beats, live drums, everything... delivered with ghostly vocal firepower. I am convinced this album will stand the test of time. I can confidently say that it is a true classic.