Who would have thought that the first solo project from an ex-member of now-defunct screamo-ravers, Test Icicles would sound like this? Dev Hynes was the guitarist in that band and Lightspeed Champion bears absolutely no relation to his former day-job. 'Galaxy Of The Lost' is a wistful, Saddle Creek-y (no coincidence as SC's in-house producer, Mike Mogis was behind the desk for this) piece of indie-folk.
It's pleasant enough and full of the traits of the Nebraskan collective; a keening violin here, a pronouncement of the singer's romantic insecurities there. It's a little too slight to be memorable however and after the third or fourth listen, it becomes clear that Hynes is no great lyricist ('Lick my open wounds'? Bit on the nose aren't we?). Nice enough then, but it's no 'Boa Vs. Python'.
http://www.highvoltage.org.uk/displaydemoreview.asp?num=2893&band=1850
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