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Various: Dark Was The Night

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Betty & The Werewolves: David Cassidy 7”

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Love Is All: A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night (album)

Sons of Noel and Adrian: A Wreck Is Not A Ship (track)

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Single Review

Luxxury The Drunk EP
Omega Point Records

Article written by Lauren M
Mar 13, 2005.

I was surprised to read that Luxxury hail from San Francisco; their sleazy, slinky brand of techno-rock is something I would have thought inherently European, specifically something you'd hear in a dingy electro-dance club in Berlin or suchlike. But with a singer called Buck Washington, how could they be anything but American? That told me.

The Drunk EP, the quintet's four-track debut, combines the filthiest beats with the most salacious vocals singing the smuttiest lyrics. It's a dark, heavy, sweaty electro-pop workout, combining camp with kitsch to wondrous effect. Drunk is a seedy synth-and-bass driven track with lyrics about how 'The night is alive/The girl is so young/She's wearing Chanel/I'm so under her thumb', while All The Way is a uptempo guitar-driven duet with co-singer Steph M. Disco Noir reverts to the scuzzy disco feel, before winding up with Understood, a funky number with a neat, clever bassline over breathy vocals.

With The Killers, Scissor Sisters and Roxy Music as reference points, Luxxury should slot snugly into the niche they've carved for themselves, in a scene that's rapidly becoming full of music you can actually dance to. About time, too.

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