2008 Woodie Awards
The Lovemakers: A Passionate Release
Sophia Koshmer
Issue date: 10/7/05 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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The album cover of The Lovemakers CD, "Times of Romance," would give any potential listeners the wrong idea. With reviews making them out to be up and coming sexual icons, to listen to their music is to experience another dance-infused popish album, labeled under electronic rock.
The Lovemakers have been described as having a passionate, sexually charged fury and are supposed to be Apainfully honest as their record labels statement describes them. But record labels will do anything to make money.
The Lovemakers are made up of singer and guitarist Scott Blonde, violinist Lisa Light, and vocalist and drummer, Josh Kilbourne.
The music in itself is average. The rhythms are indeed Ainfectious but in no way are they more so than any other pop dance group out there. The music has been done before and this is in part why it is pleasing enough to the ear. As most dance music is famous for, it is quite repetitive and becomes a little tedious to listen to after too long without taking a break and popping in some Joplin or Dave.
The lyrics are a little closer to the CD's title "Times of Romance" than to anything overly sexual or explicit. This is not to say that it is bad that they are rather PG, but that the reason their record label is trying to convince its audience to purchase The Lovemakers debut is by telling you it is something that its not. This is the only criticism it deserves other than being nothing original.
The lyrics go from the ridiculous "You're a slave to fashion/ And everyone knows/ You're lookin' good from your head to your toes", to the beautifully romantic, "Is it alright if I sneak into your room at night/ And banish all the things that make you lonely/ Is it alright if I just turn out the light/ Make you stay till morning comes and hold me" to the supposedly rampant sexual lyrics that are about as explicit as we should be taking our clothes off. Ironically this is one of the songs titles used to grab curious potentials.
Another very attention-grabbing campaign for The Lovermakers are their very sexually-driven live shows which include Aspontaneous make-out sessions among other activities for the kiddies. What this looks to be, judging by the banalities of the music itself, is trying to give its audience a reason to want them other than their musical talent. Perhaps if sex sells than the music can be unoriginal and rather unprofessional,which means it's basically not nearly good enough to have a long-term record deal if they must have one at all.
The music is very easy to dance to, and enjoyable to listen to. There are a few tracks one might spend the ninety-nine cent iTunes fee for, and they deserve that much for their effort. It is difficult, however to give raving reviews to something that is simply average and no amount of Asteamy make-out sessions on stage, if that were all that appealing, would be enough for any passionate music lover, who is truly about the music, to praise.
The Lovemakers have been described as having a passionate, sexually charged fury and are supposed to be Apainfully honest as their record labels statement describes them. But record labels will do anything to make money.
The Lovemakers are made up of singer and guitarist Scott Blonde, violinist Lisa Light, and vocalist and drummer, Josh Kilbourne.
The music in itself is average. The rhythms are indeed Ainfectious but in no way are they more so than any other pop dance group out there. The music has been done before and this is in part why it is pleasing enough to the ear. As most dance music is famous for, it is quite repetitive and becomes a little tedious to listen to after too long without taking a break and popping in some Joplin or Dave.
The lyrics are a little closer to the CD's title "Times of Romance" than to anything overly sexual or explicit. This is not to say that it is bad that they are rather PG, but that the reason their record label is trying to convince its audience to purchase The Lovemakers debut is by telling you it is something that its not. This is the only criticism it deserves other than being nothing original.
The lyrics go from the ridiculous "You're a slave to fashion/ And everyone knows/ You're lookin' good from your head to your toes", to the beautifully romantic, "Is it alright if I sneak into your room at night/ And banish all the things that make you lonely/ Is it alright if I just turn out the light/ Make you stay till morning comes and hold me" to the supposedly rampant sexual lyrics that are about as explicit as we should be taking our clothes off. Ironically this is one of the songs titles used to grab curious potentials.
Another very attention-grabbing campaign for The Lovermakers are their very sexually-driven live shows which include Aspontaneous make-out sessions among other activities for the kiddies. What this looks to be, judging by the banalities of the music itself, is trying to give its audience a reason to want them other than their musical talent. Perhaps if sex sells than the music can be unoriginal and rather unprofessional,which means it's basically not nearly good enough to have a long-term record deal if they must have one at all.
The music is very easy to dance to, and enjoyable to listen to. There are a few tracks one might spend the ninety-nine cent iTunes fee for, and they deserve that much for their effort. It is difficult, however to give raving reviews to something that is simply average and no amount of Asteamy make-out sessions on stage, if that were all that appealing, would be enough for any passionate music lover, who is truly about the music, to praise.