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Those who arrive in door - the way of the opening of the W, second album of Planningtorock - with no prior of his architect knowledge may be rather surprised to discover that early, baroque display on malice in fact comes courtesy of a woman who has spent his youth to grow up in Bolton. Janine Rostron seems to revel in this confusion, playing with roles of the identity of provocatively, challenging the notions of conventional sexuality to the point as a song entitled I am Your Man even the video for door it is with a mask that manages to make him look like Mr Spock's glamorous sister.

But, although it is often confusing, W is also thoroughly captivating, creating an alternative musical universe in the same way as the knife, the Swedish Act with which she has collaborated on opera Unattractive tomorrow in a year. Obviously at home in the studio, Rostron imagines a world melodramatic darkly of shadows and elegant metal edges, its industrial electronic adjustment and semi-gothic manner similar to the current happy critical EMA and Zola Jesus. Unlike them, however, Rostron refused ham, using technology to stretch his voice unrecognizable forms that hold a hearing at a distance and make her almost robotic, as well a part of the artificial environment than the machines it uses.

Therefore when its idle-The Breaks down song offers lines such as "don't be surprised," I am ripping on my eyes… "Break us too easily", the replicants of Blade Runner that come to mind. This is emphasized by arrangements reminiscent of the orchestration of lush of Vangelis' soundtrack of the film Legend of Ridley Scott, with strings pizzicato and saxophone nestled in the brooding soundscapes Going Wrong and Milky Blue and Black Thumber magic images of the epic of observations.

There are many other trickery disturbing going on: Jam is an experience in changing key synth, metallic percussion and nightmare song, Janine a minimalist cover of an old piece of Arthur Russell made with nothing more than a synth bass rumbles and another fell voice. But living It Out is a playful pop song by giorgio moroderdebt, while that apparent could be the 21st century take on bow wow wow. James Murphy ( LCD soundsystem) decision to sign this creature changing to DFA Records form is perfectly logical given its mixture of art, electronic and mischievous humour, and while it is undeniably a world foreign Rostron lives, it is a quite compelling one.