Heartland

by

Client

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Electro-sexy Client have released another great electronic pop record. Fans of Dubstar, will once again gravitate to Sarah Blackwood's cold, yet endearing vocals. She has found a beautiful outlet since that band's demise. In fact the music of Client, suits her quite well, the driving electronic beats tend to bring out the best in her voice.

There's no denying the more sexual themes on Heartland, themes carried over in the smartly dressed stockings and leather found in their press photos. The music matches the look for sure. Think of it as the perfect soundtrack for your next light S&M session, there's something strangely appealing about that.

Molded in the dark impressions of The Pet Shop Boys, Ladytron, Goldfrapp, and as mentioned, Dubstar, Client have turned up the pace and sizzle a bit on Heartland, and for me, it works like a charm. "No mercy, no pleasure, no sin, the lights go out, here I go again", she confesses in "Lights Go Out." This is just one of the many examples of Heartland's determination to move the music a bit more in the bedroom. Amazingly, it all doesn't come off as cold and calculated as you would think. The driving beats and nicely arranged melodies help pull this out of the ordinary electronic fare. You can definitely dance to it, and the nice thing is, you'd probably be punished if you didn't.

This is definitely a "night" record, the songs all seem to sound better at night, maybe this has to do with the overall come on themes found throughout the album's tracks. Maybe the ladies of Client have cast a spell on me? Who knows? I just might be a sucker for a euro-dance track just like the next all-American boy, but there is some real quality here. There will be those who will go in thinking electronic music just isn't their cup of tea, and for that lot, Heartland will ring hollow. If some of those people were to make some effort, they would find Heartland's substance within the style.

So, next time your in need of a stylish, electronic pop record, don't forget there is really good music to be had on Heartland, although it wouldn't hurt to put some better clothes on when you listen to it

Synthpop more than Electro, that's it!, 3 girls from England are the artis for this record, and I must say not bad at all!. This was the first time I listened to CLIENT, I decided to get this CD because of 2 main reasons and intuition:

1)It was really cheap and the CD Store

2)the front cover looked attractive...(and I can say I don't regret it!).

Yes, it's a good CD (rated with 3 stars) with a couple of great good dance-floor songs (my fave one: "lights go out") but also with some depeches-que influence. In summary, this is not avant garde music for all the people who are hard electronic fans, however you will enjoy if just for your lisntening pleaseure...