With each release Groove Armada morphs a little bit more and Black Light is a testament to that.  Quite possibly the only recognizable aspect of the album is the driving electro base we have come to love from modern GA releases.  Having said that, the album is a far cry from anything they have given us before.  What you can expect is a serious dose of 80’s fueled electro-pop.

Black Light gives you eleven new GA tracks that bleed the lines of what is electro, indie, and dance.  It will take you a few listens to get into it if you aren’t the biggest electro fan.  Each track has plenty synths and vocals that will pull you through and lead you into the next.  You’ll hit “I Won’t Kneel” featuring Saint Saviour or “Fall Silent” and you will question just exactly what decade you are in.  Yes, it is like that.  It is an album that leads you up through the years and by the time you hit the first release, “Paper Romance,” you’ll know you have come full circle.  Black Light is a straight one-way electro ticket and you are riding courtesy of the Groove Armada.

What you won’t find on the album, which is unfortunate, is a GA only track.  Everyone of the eleven songs has the tinge of someone else.  Saint Saviour and Nick Littlemore make four good appearances while names like Bryan Ferry, Will Young, Jess Larrabee, and Fenech Soler cover the rest.  That is the only downside if there could be one.  It is a vocal-filled album with serious messages and, at points, quite emotional.

Black Light, while being a very well produced album, is one that you can’t trust.  Or shall I say you can’t trust a review.  If you are a serious Groove Armada fan you will love it or hate it, I doubt there will be an in between.  If you are just a music lover who is really digging the way electro and indie sounds have come into their own in the last few years than this is definitely for you. ]]> http://www.songseek.net/2010/03/black-light-by-groove-armada/feed/ 0