Alix<\/i> finds the duo with another batch of these sheeny shiny electropop tunes.<\/p>\n
Alix<\/i> is the fourth full-length from indiepop duo Generationals. With a handful of hit singles over the past few years, Generationals is set in their sample\u2019n\u2019synth puzzlepiece pop songs. Alix<\/i> finds the duo with another batch of these sheeny shiny electropop tunes. The duo has only further embraced the 80s production fad going on right now taking plenty of style cues from Depeche Mode and the Human League. Just as with the last couple LPs, Alix<\/i> has a few sugary sweet singles sprinkled in with the chewier album tracks.<\/p>\n
We start off jauntily with, \u201cBlack Lemon,” featuring a synth melody that sounds like the Matilda movie. \u201cGold Silver Diamond\u201d is the lead single and has the same spacey midtempo as their last big single,\u201cPut A Light On.” It\u2019s a rather fall tune and the best here.\u201cReviver\u201d is a shameful rip-off\/tribute to \u201cMelt With You\u201d and is almost pathetic amongst the other tracks. \u201cIt Took A Minute\u201d is a nice change–being one of those meatier, slower album tracks. \u201cCharlemagne\u201d follows suit with an odd jazzy-jump starkness to its all-day-80s-synth sound. The next few tunes are unexceptional until \u201cWould You Want Me\u201d with its horribly catchy digital-brass melody. With the bleed-together in the last half of the album, \u201cWould You\u201d is a great cherry topper to this album.<\/p>\n
All in all, Alix<\/i> is a fine addition to Generationals\u2019 already solid catalog. They may be a safe group and Alix<\/i> isn\u2019t much more than another exercise for them, but that doesn\u2019t override the level of songcraft here. These songs can get pretty damn dancey and you can do a lot worse than just being \u201cdancey.”<\/p>\n
Recommended If You Like: Metronomy, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., STRFKR,<\/p>\n
Recommended Tracks: “Gold Silver Diamond,” “Would You Want Me,” “It Took a Minute,” and “Black Lemon”<\/p>\n
Reviewed by Doug Bybee on\u00a0October 15, 2014<\/p>\n
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