Thursday, January 28, 2010
Music news La Chansons: King and Queen of the Dance Floor
Posted by Chad Radford @ChadRad on Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 3:00 PM
If La Chansons' King and Queen of the Dance Floor is supposed to be an ironic resuscitation of the most unbearable '80s pop clichés, the joke goes too far. As vocalist Carson Keller warbles to the Casio beat of "Workout Love" and "Sparklin'," her voice is so far off key it's a wonder that these songs made it to disc. Alongside husband Greg, the Kellers mash up simpleminded New Order, Bananarama and Sheena Easton dance beats, resulting in 10 pseudo-sassy numbers that are cute to the point of nausea. "Beauty Queen" carries the line, "My name is Carson Keller I'm from Marietta, Georgia/I love to dance and sing and rock out with my husband." There is nothing dangerous or compelling here, just techno PDA that the couple should keep to themselves. (Stickfigure) 1 out of 5 stars.
La Chansons CD release party
With the Orphins, Gold Party. $8. 9 p.m. Sat., Jan. 30. Drunken Unicorn. www.thedrunkenunicorn.net.
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Hey everyone, you can listen to the record right here: http://www.stickfigurerecordings.com/release_page.php?release_id=212 decide for yourself! www.stickfigurerecordings.com
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I'm from Marietta and I do not like to sing, dance, and rock out with La Chansons.
Wow! Thanks for all the support and comments! We hope you can all make it out to the CD release show on Saturday! Thanks to Gavin for believing in us and putting out our CD, and thanks to the Gold Party and the Orphins for playing our show with us. Love, La Chansons
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