Roxy Epoxy And The Rebound

Bandaids On Bullet Holes

[3.5/5]

If Bandaids On Bullet Holes is Roxy Epoxy’s declaration of independence, consider it an exclamation point on her duct-taped resume. The album augments the droid-rock of her former band, the Epoxies, into a somehow more succinct pseudo-pop, with Epoxy’s stilted melodies bouncing in and around heavily layered synth-rock freak outs. Her outrageous lyricism ("I want to pick at your scabs and see them stick to the wall," from "This Twist") sounds like the memos of an android femme, with a vortex of swirling new wave acting as a perfect vehicle, even when its repetition starts to weigh heavy on the ears. "Fun" blips and bloops with helpings of club-ready dancehall punk, but is haunted by a darker chorus that creates a catchy, if not altogether uneasy synthesis of creepiness and, well, fun. While Bandaids couldn’t be called boring, its embracing of the synth-punk roadmap places it in danger of becoming too much of a good thing. Luckily, this is mainly music to see live, unless you’re almost always in the mood to dance, in which case, party girl/boy, this is your soundtrack for 2009. (METROPOLIS; metropolis-records.com) Ryan J. Prado



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