Icon of Coil - The Soul is in the Software
This album contains the next big dancefloor hit, you heard here, from me, first. "Simulated" has all of the great synth parts, formulated dance beat, catchy vocal lines and everything else it needs to become the next "Dead Stars" of the Industr ial dance floor...count on it. The whole album is filled with catchy material that just grooves along and makes you feel like moving some part of your body. Even the slower stuff like "In Absence" has some sort of catchy melody that lingers on well after the song is over. Dispensing the use of "Trash Can" vocals for a more synth-pop style, I think Icon of Coil has found their strength. While not EVERY song on the album is as good as "Simulated" NONE are bad enough to have you reaching for the fast-forwa rd butto n, something not many albums in any genre can claim. My major complaint of the CD is that a couple of songs are just too beboppy and reminiscent of bad 80's dance music and they sound very out of place with the other impressive tracks on the disc.nn