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Reviewed
by: Darklight
This
is another commercial alternative rock band that sounds a lot like the
band Garbage in many regards. However, I am quite pleased that this
band stays consistant with their music on this album. While most bands
such as this one mix a lot of radio/MTV friendly pop songs on their
albums, Radio Iodine stay rather aggressive throughout. Everything flows
and nothing seems out of place. They deliver energetic rock music with
slight techno style electronics and a great female singer. There's an
angry vibe here that is presented in a more traditional and acceptable
way to please a wide audience. Nothing ever gets too dark or scary,
but at the same time isn't quite as friendly as a lot of other female
fronted alternative rock bands. Nothing delivered here is boring, but
everything seems a little too clean and manufactured. The songs are
very structured with typical verse/chorus/verse elements. While each
song manages to sound different, they still have a mainstream feel to
them. There's a lot of emotion in these songs. The music contains rather
good rhythms and beats. Ellen Bledsoe sings both melodic and aggressive,
and pulls off both vocal styles very well. If you're a fan of more commercial
style alternative rock music with female vocals, this is definitely
one of the better acts that I have heard. But there just isn't a lot
here to please electronic music fans. The songs are mainly created with
guitar, bass and drums. But there's enough uses of electronics, synths
and effects to make this music more interesting.
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