Sex rock at its finest
- Best Little Secrets Are Kept
- "Milkshake, milkshake, I love to feel you sweat. We don't have to go to the pool if you want me to make you wet. Can you keep a secret? Because the best little secrets are kept."
- Buy it on Amazon
All you hipsters and trendspotters that read this site probably already own this CD, but if you don’t have Louis XIV’s Best Little Secrets are Kept then I say “Tsk tsk!” The trendy dance rock band first made waves touring with The Killers last year and is now hitting alternative radio hard. With lyrics that are not so subtle about sexuality and sexual escapades, catchy danceable hooks, and great production value, this is a CD not to be missed.
By now, most Crap Filter readers probably know that at the beginning of the year I declared a personal vendetta against trendy dance rock… yet for the second or third time this year, I’ve fallen into listening excessivley to another dance rock CD. Hypocrite? Sure, I probably am, but I can’t help it when there is actually good music coming out of the trendy genre I had previously written off.
From start to finish, this CD is wholly listenable. No tracks warrant the need to skip to the next, but several do stand out. The current single entitled Finding Out True Love is Blind, is very infectious. It is what enticed me to check out the entire album. Illegal Tender has a very solid sing-a-long quality with a group sung chorus and a small Beatles feel to it. And my favorite track, Pledge of Allegiance, is a very simple but fun tune with lyrics that make it hard for me to listen to at work (like I’m doing right now… I hope no one walks in).
The reason this dance rock CD is a great CD is that it isn’t just another Franz clone, rip off of Gang of Four, or bad attempt at being the next Killers. Louis XIV has their own sound that is equal parts dance, Euro-pop, and straight up rock’n’roll. The vocals are distinct and solid. The production is superb. All in all, a CD well worth a small dip into your wallet, even if you detest the trendy dance rock scene like I do.
April 19th, 2006 at 9:18 am
Having read this review, I went off and got myself a copy from iTunes….it’s an awesome album and just slightly different to the usual.
April 19th, 2006 at 12:28 pm
Glad I could help. Sometimes I find myself having to turn it off on account of my sex drive charging up a bit too much and my wife not being present to assist me in fixing that problem…
Ummm…
April 27th, 2006 at 1:14 pm
I like the band, like the music, but I didn’t read this review. I have a standing rule to stop when I see the “its” apostrophe error, JCH. Way to put it in the headline.
April 28th, 2006 at 10:41 am
Zaphod, I used it correctly. “It’s” means “IT IS”…
Way to be a dumbass, Z!
April 28th, 2006 at 10:52 am
i love when dumbasses like zaphod try to take the grammatical highground by claiming how appalled they are by someone else’s ignorance, when they themselves are complete idiots.
nice job, j.o. - if there was a “jackass of the month club” i’d vote for zaphod.
harlan, i got yer back.
April 28th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Don’t step to Diesel and J$, you’ll get stomped.
YEAH! (in best L’il Jon voice)
May 2nd, 2006 at 2:32 pm
Nice butt!