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 Misty Medley is KISS ME DEADLY's new album on Alien8 records. Without hearing this Montreal band's first album I can't tell if they've come on in leaps and bounds, found this a 'difficult' second album, or even have shied away from their earlier influences... Still, Misty Medley is made with all the right rock bands in mind and, I suspect, a pretty spectacular collective record collection. The album is a diverse selection of songs all recorded and performed energetically with quirky deliveries. The pace moves from gentle post rock meandering of the title track 'Misty Medley' to a battered but kind of funked up imagining of the Cocteau Twins in 'Dance 2'. KISS ME DEADLY's sound world lies somewhere amongst the 'epic' guitar echo strategies of U2 most evident on 'Pop' and 'Dance 1' and rigid funk propulsion of all the bands influenced by the Gang of Four, especially on 'Distress Call' and 'Groove'.  But it's Emily Elizabeth's vocal on most of the tracks that is what really mark this band out. Whether she's combining Kim Gordon's whisky cracked howl with the squashy joy of Bjork's early days in the Sugarcubes, it's an excellent way into the music that might otherwise sound a bit contrived without such a great front person. This is not to say that when Adam Poulin or Mathieu du Montier take up vocal duty things the album falls away, far from it. It's just Elizabeth's vocal is less measured and more brave, really pulling all the influences and writing together. Misty medley is full of life and joy, and you can't ask for much more than that these days, except maybe for better song titles. Review by Mark McLaren
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