Lene Lovich| The Gospel | Chrysalid Homo
Revolt (Manchester)
Might 9 2025
An intriguing night time sees three idiosyncratic bands very a lot following their paths from the headliner Lene Lovich who one way or the other nonetheless sounds pressing and of the second to The Gospel’s haunting choir soundscapes to Chrysalid Homo’s digital noir.
Openers, Chrysalid Homo are the lacking hyperlink between the bushy bikers doing Depeche Mode and one way or the other they make it work. Their pulsating electronics and digital soundscapes present a platform for the singer’s bear-like chants, and so they maintain the room of their early slot.
The Gospel are long-term LTW faves, and that is the fifth time we now have seen them ship their fairly exceptional pop noir. They use the 5 feminine voices in good concord to create epic soundscapes. The pounding toms change standard drums, making a pounding backbeat that allied with the vocals creates a fascinating soundtrack someplace between the tribal Viking soundscapes of Wardruna and a darkish forest gospel of their very own, while their suave singer intones and conducts like a bar room Nick Cave. It could actually solely be a matter of time till they get signed.
For most individuals, Lene Lovich was a flash within the pan, a one-hit marvel, and while at the least having one mega hit with Fortunate Quantity is a lifetime ticket for rock n roll survival, many years into her profession, she nonetheless has a lot extra to supply. The hit is simply the tip of an iceberg of a captivating life that noticed the Detroit born Hull raised, late sixties artwork faculty drop out one way or the other write the lyrics for Cerrone’s disco traditional ‘Supernature’ and be within the viewers for Chuck Berry’s ‘My Ding A Lengthy’ alongside facet many different popular culture adventures.
Her set is end-to-end, ground-breaking, virtually prog pop, and way more in widespread with that bizarre artwork pop of the mid-seventies pre-punk interval, like Fox and even Sparks, than any punk rock aggro. However then once more, punk was very accommodating to those waifs and strays, and the label she signed to, Stiff Information, one way or the other managed to make hits out of those gifted eccentrics. Now in her seventies, Lene Lovich nonetheless cuts a powerful determine on stage, wearing her gothic black regalia, and her expressive eyes hypnotise the viewers, and her electrical quirkiness calls for consideration. She nonetheless does all of the vocal quirks, and her songs nonetheless zig-zag from pop bliss to artwork bizarre in spindly spider webs of intrigue and delight.
Her present band together with Stan from Skeletal Household serve the songs completely, by no means overplaying and by no means cranking it into overdrive and it’s this neo Berlin caberet really feel that basically makes her complete present intriguing. Timeless and ageless, Lene Lovich is many issues: a ghost from the Weimar membership scene, a hippy path maverick, a glam adjoining authentic, a punk goddess, all blended into one, and her present tour underlines her related imaginative and prescient completely.
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