"Like, like the night that never ends / Like a wave of cold fever / Like a shiver down my spine / Oh, I believe in you / Whatever you are / Oh, I believe in" you
The industrial disco / electronic pop brilliance of "I Believe in You", by iconic English electronic band Ladytron, perfectly, dramatically, beautifully crushes and collides genres in absolutely effortless ways. Electro pop, industrial punk, electronica, new wave, disco in abstract and more in varying degrees can all be felt and the circular symbiotic relationship with artists like Lady Gaga, Madonna, NIN, The Knife, Goldfrapp, Kraftwerk (and more) spin together in the hybidic musical zoetrope. Electro pop stalwarts since the late 90's, every iteration they put out feels at once joyfully artful and monumental.
"Like, like the night that never ends
Like a wave of cold feverLike a shiver down my spine
Oh, I believe in you
Whatever you are
Oh, I believe in you
Whatever you are
Oh, I believe in you
Like, like a message on the breeze
Like a signal from the tower
Like a memo from the man
Oh, I believe in you
Whatever you are
Oh, I believe in you"
LNER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[Their new single is accompanied by a startling music video directed by the band’s Daniel Hunt. The clip depicts a cult-like group’s ascent into ecstatic mania, where the boundaries of dance and possession blur, with uncanny and unexpected results.
The release follows a period of renewed cultural presence for the band. Their 2002 single “Seventeen” unexpectedly went viral on TikTok, introducing Ladytron’s sound to a new generation and amassing hundreds of thousands of fan-made clips. Their legacy was further acknowledged recently with “Destroy Everything You Touch,” one of their most celebrated tracks, featured in the GRAMMY-nominated original Motion Picture Soundtrack of cult movie Saltburn, reaffirming Ladytron’s enduring appeal.
Ladytron today also announces their return to the stage with a limited run of UK shows in 2026. They’ll reemerge in their hometown of Liverpool at the Arts Club Theatre on March 19th, followed by dates in Manchester and Newcastle on March 20th and 21st, respectively. Pre-sale begins September 10th, with the General On-Sale set for September 12th. For more ticketing information, visit: https://www.ladytron.com/]
Hope you play, "I Believe in You" loud. If you are a musician, jam to it, be inspired by it. If you are not, vibe, dance or vogue. Ladytron... forever.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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Forming in Liverpool in the late 90s and taking their name from the gloriously blank Roxy Music track, Ladytron’s debut album 604 was released a year ahead of 2002’s Light&Magic with Witching Hour in 2005 - “a quantum leap record” said Pitchfork. The group were lauded as leaders of the new electro pop and electroclash scenes then flourishing, and Light&Magic went on to be influential, for both independent and mainstream electronic pop music which followed.
Forming in Liverpool in the late 90s and taking their name from the gloriously blank Roxy Music track, Ladytron’s debut album 604 was released a year ahead of 2002’s Light&Magic with Witching Hour in 2005 - “a quantum leap record” said Pitchfork. The group were lauded as leaders of the new electro pop and electroclash scenes then flourishing, and Light&Magic went on to be influential, for both independent and mainstream electronic pop music which followed.
Next up, 2008’s Velocifero, before 2011’s more serene, dreamy Gravity the Seducer and the cue for a deserved break which lasted years longer than imagined. Along the way they wrote and produced for other artists, including Lush and Christina Aguilera. The group reconvened in 2019 for an album which Q Magazine called “near perfection”, with Mojo insisting that in “Dark times, Ladytron soundtrack them beautifully”. GQ described it as “Formidable machine music, full of urgency and menace.” While NPR posited that “Ladytron seems enraptured at the idea of change, and of new beginnings in the face of a possible fiery end”.
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