Ladyfuzz
Posted in Uncategorized by teabog on April 3rd, 2007
Ladyfuzz
“Bouncy Ball” (From the album Kerfuffle)
This would probably have been my guitar rock album of 2006 if I had heard if before the year ended. That’s because it’s pretty much just guitar rock—80s twinged, hints of pop—and it’s really good.
Back to that “80s twinged” business; the temptation is to liken Ladyfuzz to throwback acts like Bloc Party, but that comparison really doesn’t work. They a female singer, for one. And they have talent, for another. And most importantly, they seem to actually value their music over their image, and they do a much better job of sounding like something that’s genuinely from 80s rather than something that’s been overproduced to the point where it has a glossy sheen and smells like magazine paper. Ladyfuzz still go for the pop production, but it doesn’t rob them of their edge. They are still, at their heart, rock musicians.
Kerfuffle’s supposedly gotten a fair amount of air and radioplay in the UK, but I can’t find a review of it on any major UK site. I don’t remember having ever seen them on a major blog, but they must have been otherwise I wouldn’t have ever heard of them. Anyhow, if this album is ever released in the US and if it ever gets any press, it’ll be huge.