Genre:
Electronica
Release Date: 01/15/2008
Italian
electro-
goth duo
Helalyn Flowers make their full-length debut with the derivative but nonetheless entertaining
A Voluntary Coincidence. Not so much an album as a musical laundry list of what the male-female duo of
Noemi (vocals) and
Maxxx (instruments) like,
A Voluntary Coincidence starts with an impressive homage to
Björk's beat-heavy period (
"Eye for a Day") complete with caterwauling vocals, then moves on through
Daft Punk-style
dance-rock (
"My Girlfriend Insanity"), neo-
disco, good old-fashioned beat-heavy
house (
"Voices"),
synth pop in the style of
Depeche Mode's first couple albums after
Vince Clarke left (
"A Sweet and Deep Bomb in My Heart"),
industrial disco, dance club
pop,
IDM and a couple of sub-sub-genres whose names are known only to three people who live in Ibiza. There is not a hint of originality to be found within these songs. Heck, in the cover photo,
Noemi even looks like a strung-out
Amy Winehouse. But
Helalyn Flowers attack their genre exercises with humility and verve, so it's a trashily entertaining listen regardless. [
Alfa Matrix's 2008 edition included a bonus CD of remixes.]
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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