Wednesday, January 17, 2007
From Trash reviews
'From Trash finds him and Gordon lurking in arty electro Elysium, a place where ennui-laden, robotic vocals glide into throbbing, thumping backbeats; A Million Cars almost bursts into Tainted Love. It's all leavened with a taste of Kraftwerk, especially the romantic Never Let Me Go. Beneath the extraterrestrial exterior, Foxx appears to be having a whale of a time.' Q Magazine
'There are some belters here . . . Another You is a quirky pop song, Impossible is Foxx at his Ultravox best, while Never Let Me Go is vocoded loveliness.' Future Music
'Motorik sequencers, glistening synth pads and lyrics of vague, science fiction dystopia. To wit, the title track is a robotic anthem worthy of The Human League's Dare, Freeze Frame is Computer World-era Kraftwerk and Impossible reassembles David Bowie's Always Crashing In The Same Car.' Mojo
'With collaborator Louis Gordon providing a backbone of modern beats, he's produced some excellent albums, such as Crash & Burn (2003), and this album maintains the momentum. The title track delivers a vibrant electronic pulse which suits Foxx's dry vocal delivery perfectly, while Freeze Frame compellingly melds Kraftwerk with Metamatic-era Foxx.' Record Collector
'From Trash focuses on cleanly constructed vignettes of electro-pop, referencing a sleazier '70s rock past through icy synth lines and catchy melodies. There is melancholy here and yet Foxx's intimate and teasingly distant vocals promise revelation and transformation throughout. Everything from the claustrophobia of Impossible to the delicate optimism of A Room As Big As A City is explored, while A Million Cars is almost a love song to the capital's immense and glittering life.' Rock Sound
'Freeze Frame sounds like The Human League fretting about the dehumanising effect of technology, From Trash is a Detroit techno-style paean to star-gazing guttersnipes and Another You features a Bowie-esque subject, the fracturing of personality. Enjoyable stuff.' The Independent
'John Foxx makes synthetic-sounding techno-pop with Mancunian DJ, Louis Gordon. Never Let Me Go is a great Laurie Anderson rip-off and the other stuff is good too.' Vice Magazine
'From Trash's synth-driven minimalism is a welcome throwback to the London Blitz - the club, not the krieg - and A Room As Big As A City is like discovering a hidden track on OMD's Architecture & Morality.' Classic Rock
'This is definitely their best record to date - nice stomping beats and compulsive electro-melodies throughout.'
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