Music CD Album Review : Girls Le Disko, by Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns, the band that has shown electroclash influences emblematic of Depeche Mode and FischerSpooner, have emerged once again as purveyors of nouveau disco with their third full-length CD, Girls Le Disko from Ultra Records, the label whose stable includes recordings from such techno-pop artists as Calvin Harris, Tiesto, and David Guetta. Shiny Toy Guns’ collection of piping-pop dance tracks are a selection of original tunes and covers remixed by some of the top DJ/producers of today including Boys Noize (the stage name of German electro-pop artisan Alexander Ridha), Kissy Sell Out, Herve, Ferry Corsten, and Nadastrom, which culminate into an astral explosion of fantasy-rock tremors and reams of techno-channeled flourishes.
Some highlights on the album include the band’s dynamic remake of Peter Schilling’s 1980 prog rock sirloin “Major Tom (Coming Home),” originally written as a sequel to David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” The synth-riddled vapors of keyboardist/bassist Jeremy Dawson and guitarist Gregori Chad Petree sizzle and flare out producing dynamic waves shingled by fantasy-clad pellets via Shiny Toy Guns’ drummer Mike Martin. Sisely Treasure, who replaces STG’s former singer Carah Faye, has a glistening sheen which clings to the synthy chimeras and lacy silhouettes and enhances the fantasy-feel of the track, contrasting the moody cleaving of Petree’s aggressive vocal kicks. Treasure comes close to sounding like Faye with an ambling glide that makes fan favorites from STG’s debut album We Are Pilots like “Le Disko” and “You Are The One” still have an enduring quality. STG’s songs “Ghost Town” and “Ricochet,” both originally recorded on the band’s sophomore release Season Of Poison, are given a stronger dancehall vibe on Girls Le Disko cobbled in spacey-bricked blocks. The crystal-like glaze of Herve’s remix for “Rainy Monday” is contoured by a flouncy rippling in the ethereal shards impaled by a club-laden pumping, and the clarion chimes and electro-leaded sabers arcade along “Don’t Cry Out” emote a fantasy world type of Shangri-la.
Shiny Toy Guns’ sonic masses of electro-clad trance and bolts of psychedelic rock have a common denominator with 2000’s electroclash movement and modern rock’s Goth-engendered dance pop. The band’s keen sensibilities of melodic coloring and lyricism is liken to MGMT with spacey synth-bricked grottos reflective of Goldfrapp. The band does not show a new prospective on electro-pop, but maintains its already established stance on the matter. Shiny Toy Guns may sound repetitive at times, but their songs are always sonically impressive and built as a portal to an escapist plane.
Tracklisting
1. Le Disko (Boys Noize Remix)
2. Major Tom (Coming Home) (Original Version)
3. Rainy Monday (Hervé Remix)
4. You are the One (Gabriel & Dresden Remix)
5. Ricochet! (Kissy Sell Out Remix)
6. Ghost Town (Evol Intent Remix)
7. Don’t Cry Out (The Teenagers Remix)
8. Le Disko (Ferry Corsten Remix)
9. Rainy Monday (Bimbo Jones Remix)
10. You are the One (Adam Freeland Remix)
11. Ricochet! (Nadastrom Remix)
12. Ghost Town (Hi-Deaf Remix)
13. Starts With One (Classixx Remix)
14. Ricochet! (BT Remix)
15. Rocketship (Original Version)
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