Client - Clieиt

Client value their anonymity. As the first signing to Depeche Mode keyboardist and founding member Andy Fletcher's Toast Hawaii label, the two-woman band bill themselves as Client A and Client B and limit promotional photos to shots of their torsos and legs, decked out in matching outfits, typically combining airline hostess uniforms or shiny fetish fashion outfits, but we won't hold any of that against them. If you must know, Client is Kate Holmes and Sarah Blackwood. Holmes is the musical brain and former member of both Frasier Chorus and Technique; Blackwood is the Yorkshire-accented former singer from Dubstar. Client's debut occupies a rather uninteresting place in electropop's soft middle. At its best, it hums along with a sort of detached glacial sheen, skipping along on pleasant beats and tones, a healthy dose of attitude, and a bed of charming, jaunty singles. Too much of the time it comes off as a bit waterlogged because of its lack of sonic or vocal range. Blackwood's still-charming vocals are at their best when Client walks the fine line of detailing the life out on the dark, unsettling underbelly of cityscapes, like a less floral, more feminized Brett Anderson. In album opener/mission statement "Client", the band lays out their raison d'etre, intoning a series of catchphrases such as "We never say no" and "Satisfaction guaranteed." This sort of erotic cabaret act doesn't encroach on Peaches' shock-jock territory; it explores eroticism rather than wields it as a weapon. Client explore sex ("Price of Love"), drugs ("Pills"), and rock and roll ("Rock and Roll Machine") with cool, calculated precision. Some critics may sneer at Blackwood's coming "late" to the electropop game, but her warm Northern vocals suit the sound. Comparisons to Ladytron and Adult may be inevitable, but Client aren't as biting or melodically thrilling as either group. Still, this is a decent start; both for the band and Fletcher's label.

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Client; Clieиt

1.      Client

2.      Rock And Roll Machine

3.      Price Of Love

4.      Happy

5.      Diary Of An 18 Year Old Boy

6.      Civilian

7.      Here And Now

8.      Sugar Candy Kisses

9.      Pills

10.   Leipzig

11.   Love All Night