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Well, it's leaked! :o I shall listen tomorrow (it's late, or should I say early, I only found it because I woke up and couldn't get to sleep again) - if you want a link just say and I'll PM you ^_^

 

 

Here's a review, courtesey of Scandipop:

 

‘Escape’ is probably the most sonically interesting song on here. It’s the softest, yet it’s still up-tempo. And it’s very Le Kid, yet we get the impression that this is what Kylie Minogue would sound like if she ever had the foresight to get Felix and Märta in to work with her on a track. Its final contradiction is the fact that it sounds very now and very 2011, yet also plays as though it could be a remastered version of a hit of one of those mid 90’s, female fronted indie groups – Dubstar, St Etienne, or Sleeper. Oh, and it’s amazing too, by the way.

 

’Bigger Than Jesus’ is like ’America’s older, more pensive sister. Not just because of its more worldly and grown up lyrical theme, but also because it shows off that elder sibling edge of being able to go back a decade further when drawing influence from the music it’s been listening to all its life. Yet ‘America’ and ‘Bigger Than Jesus’ are very much two Le Kids of the same parents. Together in electric dreams, etc etc.

 

‘Kiss Me’ takes what Lily Allen was doing with pre-sixties perky pop on ‘Alfie’ and ‘f*** You’, and runs with it even further. Where Lily juxtaposed the sweet with the sparse and the harsh, Le Kid seize upon that sweetness and inject a wholesome, cheek colouring level of warmth into it. It’s the most bubblegum that Le Kid go on ‘Oh Alright’, but it’s not at all bad for your teeth, don’t fret.

 

‘Seventeen’ is a song which changes its mind and its tempo so much throughout its play, that the verse, the first half of the chorus, and the second half of the chorus sound like they’re from three different songs. But that’s not jarring in the slightest. Instead, it makes for an enjoyably interesting listen. And its pleasant unpredictability is enhanced, or perhaps explained by lyrics which boast of a person’s ability to be as immature as a 17 year old. In the school playground of sound, ‘Seventeen’ finds itself in that awkward phase of being between two cliques. Right now it’s hanging out with ‘Oh My God’ and ‘Kiss Me’, but sees ‘Mercy Mercy’ and ‘We Should Go Home Together’ as more its kind of playmates. Soon, ‘Seventeen. Soon.

 

Are people classing ‘Telephone’ as a new track? It’s never been a single, but it has actually been around since the dawn of Le Kid online, when that old myspace page opened. It was actually our favourite Le Kid track for a very long time, up until this year. But it’s been fantastic to finally hear it in the HQ it was made for. And then there’s ‘We Are The Drums’ which is our new favourite Le Kid track. Released this week, we gave our thoughts on it here a few days back. In a nutshell – 2nd album era Girls Aloud having a lipstick lesbian liaison with 2nd album era Rachel Stevens. Incredible!

 

‘Mercy Mercy’ is the song which started it all, so much so that it’s almost like a track from a previous era. But it’s not only managed to stand the test of time and still sound wonderful today, it’s also managed to outgrow those early comparisons (or rather, complete accusations of plagiarism!) to Girls Aloud’s ‘Can’t Speak French’. ‘America’ was their most recent single until this week, and it’s the one that we actually think has had the best reception from fans. From what we can scope online anyway, it’s ‘America’ that has thus far been regarded as their finest moment. We’ll be interested to read opinions on the album tracks to see if that changes.

 

‘We Should Go Home Together’ is the song credited to reawakening interest in the band late last year, when their fans had grown out of the honeymoon period and into the settling down period, still clutching the prized myspace tracks. It’s this song, rightly so, that reminded everyone that Le Kid still had some serious business to do, and that it was going to be something genuinely spectacular, if you were prepared to wait just a little while longer. And then there’s their cover of The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside’. Initially a live gift to fans that was so well received, it was released as a free download. A free download that was in turn so well received that it’s now a bonus track on the album! When Helena and Johanna sing “destiny is calling me”, it’s almost a subtle tease that they really could take on anyone else’s song, and make you fall in love with it THEIR way.

 

Finally we’ve got ‘Oh My God’. The song which really introduced Le Kid’s homeland of Sweden to them back in March this year, when the band competed with it in Melodifestivalen. A nation unaware that a lot of the rest of the world’s pop music fans were already head over heels in love with them. Some Swedes have told us since then, that their fellow country folk probably won’t fall so quickly in love with Le Kid until it’s more apparent that the rest of the world already have – not a criticism of Le Kid, more a commentary on the Swedish way of thinking when it comes to their homegrown pop acts. Whether this is true or not, we’ll find out soon enough. However, we think that ‘Oh My God’ did its job well. An accurate introduction to Sweden at large of who Le Kid are, both visually and sonically.

 

 

Also, the new single is We Are The Drums:

 

 

 

Finally, from what we've heard, imo:

 

Mr Brightside > We Should Go Home Together >> America >> We Are The Drums > Telephone >>>> Oh My God > Mercy Mercy

 

 

Quite excited to listen, it could be one of the best albums of the year judging from what we've heard!

Just got it. MUCH EXCITE :w00t:

 

Mr Brightside your favourite though, really? :unsure: For me it's their songwriting that makes them such a great group.

 

America >> Mercy Mercy >>>> We Should Go Home Together >>>>>>> Oh My God >>> Escape >>> Telephone >>>> We Are The Drums >>>>> Mr Brightside

FINALLY :cheer: I've waited so long for We Should Go Home Together in HQ, spent 10 weeks in my top five at the back end of last year based purely on a medium quality version :lol:

 

My initial album rate after the first listen (I knew 8/11 songs already!)

 

09.0 We Are The Drums

09.0 Mercy Mercy

08.0 America Really nice but honestly it doesn't excite me like the rest of the album

09.0 Oh My God

09.0 Bigger Than Jesus

09.5 Kiss Me My favourite new track so far, very cheesy though, it's what the Vengaboys comeback should have sounded like

11.0 We Should Go Home Together

09.0 Seventeen

07.0 Telephone Honestly never cared as much for this as everything else that they've done

10.0 Escape Glorious, so underrated...(and apparently forgotten by Liam and Tom :drama:)

09.0 Mr Brightside

 

This really is an insanely great album. If I didn't know 75% of the album already I'd be hailing it as 'album of the year' but it feels more like a greatest hits, which is always strange for a debut. The new tracks are all great.

I've slotted in Escape, just before Telephone. I'm not mad keen on We Are The Drums but I'll have to hear the rest of the album whereas I find America beautiful and pretty much the best #1 comeback single that Girls Aloud will never have.

I've given it a cursory listen thus far and America really is miles better than everything else. Those vocals are amazing and it has such a lovely summer vibe to it to boot.

Link this way please Liam ^_^

10.0 Escape Glorious, so underrated...(and apparently forgotten by Liam and Tom :drama:)

Escape has leaked before? I'd never heard it :o Well that's one more 'new' track for me then :lol:

Escape has leaked before? I'd never heard it :o Well that's one more 'new' track for me then :lol:

 

Last year! Torchwood even sent it to BJSC, it flopped hard which I thought was unfair as it's probably my second favourite of theirs :(

 

Can't believe We Should Go Home Together never made it to BJSC!

Last year! Torchwood even sent it to BJSC, it flopped hard which I thought was unfair as it's probably my second favourite of theirs :(

 

Can't believe We Should Go Home Together never made it to BJSC!

No idea HOW it passed me by :o

I can pretty much guarantee at least one of the album tracks will be sent next contest :lol: I though We Should Go Home Together would've made it by now too, seeing as Mr Brightside and America both have - and that's only during my time in BJSC :o

I downloaded it last night eventually, took me an age to find a link that would work :lol: . I couldn't wait until I got the CD as I've been desperate for a HQ version of America for weeks! Absolutely loving it - surely the best pop album of 2011?

I downloaded it last night eventually, took me an age to find a link that would work :lol: . I couldn't wait until I got the CD as I've been desperate for a HQ version of America for weeks! Absolutely loving it - surely the best pop album of 2011?

 

Definitely, almost every track is amazing - Telephone is the closest thing to filler on here for me and still it's pretty good!

 

This will probably mean nothing to anybody but Kiss Me massively reminds me of the music on the Spiral Mountain section of Banjo-Kazooie :wub: I want a music video with dancing animated vegetables and cartoon characters (not that it will even be a single :snif:)

 

 

The album crashed into the charts at #43 in Sweden...

 

They are so underrated, not even appreciated by their homeland :( It's the perfect pop album!

The album crashed into the charts at #43 in Sweden...

 

They are so underrated, not even appreciated by their homeland :( It's the perfect pop album!

 

Well, that's disappointing. It's a very good album, even compared to the rest of scandipop.

 

We Are The Drums is such a good tune, pretty much genius. (And I only got into them with the release of the album). Such a shame that success is eluding them.

The trouble with them is they seem very un-Swedish for a Swedish band. If someone told you they were Danish you'd TOTALLY believe them. When is the album out in Denmark? :kink:

I know what you mean Tom, I was talking to Ghosty about the same thing yesterday - he was under the illusion that they WERE Danish!

 

But yeah, they have an aesthetic similar to Aqua, Alphabeat and even The Cartoons :lol: You don't relate happy and bright colours to anywhere but Denmark really...

 

Mind you they do have Alcazar I guess...

Yeah but Alcazar are a bit more kitsch, a bit more knowing, well Alcazar 1.0 at least. I do know what you mean about the Cartoons, the girls TOTALLY remind me of Puddy and Boop (I didn't even have to look up the girl's names, how sad is that :drama:)

Yeah but Alcazar are a bit more kitsch, a bit more knowing, well Alcazar 1.0 at least. I do know what you mean about the Cartoons, the girls TOTALLY remind me of Puddy and Boop (I didn't even have to look up the girl's names, how sad is that :drama:)

 

True, although the cover of Disco Defenders is by far the campest looking CD in my collection, that cover http://www.moopy.org.uk/forums/images/smilies/disco.gif. Although do you not feel like Le Kid are also more 'knowing' than they make out (maybe it's a Swedish thing?) I know Peter has a strong opinion on them but I sort of agree with him that they do come across a bit 'try-hard happy' sometimes, certainly in the pre-Melodifestivalen interviews, whereas you can genuinely believe that Alphabeat and a lot of the Danish bands genuinely live and breathe happy :lol:

 

Oh dear, that is rather sad! The only name I can recall is the one with the sponge on his head, seeing as his name was very imaginatively, Sponge.

I gotta admit these guys are actually not bad, although i hated Mercy Mercy, ive heard a few of their other songs and im really impressed, America is available to download in the US so i bought it, i find it interesting that they dont have a wikipedia page though, perhaps someone should make one.

The album crashed into the charts at #43 in Sweden...

 

Blimey! I was expecting top 20 at the very least! That is such a shame :(

 

They definitely would suit the Danish market more though. Like Rich said, up until a few days ago, I thought they were Danish :lol: