After three full length albums, including last years hit 'Witching Hour', the electro-clash quartet Ladytron's presence is still haunting the US! The group met in Liverpool, where three out of its four members were DJs. Their love of synth and the dense clean beats it can produce is integrated deep into their industrial-postmodern spin of '80's new wave and Goth inspired electronica.   Performing a Witching Hour Halloween bash at the El Rey to candy ingesting, glittery eyed, costumed, Los Angeles electro-clashmongers, the band stood solid and delivered. Helen's eyes reflected the lights looming above the stage and seemed to glow astoundingly white. Their appropriately named opening suite Midnight Movies, clad as mummies, usually delicate progressive independent rock was laced with heavier synth drones and pummeling drums, setting the mood for the main act. The buried, distant vocals of Ladytron's earlier electronic feats shined as they performed tracks from 'Light and Magic.' Their static gestures, monotone vocals and pulsing beats swept the moderately sized but ecstatic dancing masses and were returned triple-fold, two-stepping abound, when they performed songs like 'Seventeen.' The bulk of the performance featured songs from the bands third and most well known full length album 'Witching Hour,' with tracks like 'The Last One Standing' and 'Soft Power', which sounded pretty much like they do on the album. Many of the songs lacked any digressions, tangents or evolutions, stomping on the organic nature and sonic possibilities of the live performance. Mira took the lead, singing a wicked version of the first track off the album 'High Rise' in Bulgarian toward the end of the set. Her voice resonated with a cold drone. The band closed the set with their single most popular single to date 'Destroy Everything You Touch' leaving the crowd on a dangerously destructive high!

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