Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

I recently bought Ladyhawke's album on the strength of listening to a couple of her songs on the internet. I'd never actually heard of her but she was going to be performing at a gig I was going to so thought I'd check her music out. And I'm so glad I did! I enjoyed her performance more because I knew all the songs, plus it's a damn good album, to be honest! Ladyhawke, aka Pip Brown is a young singer from New Zealand and this is her debut album although she has been involved with music from a young age. She played most of the instruments on the album as well as performing the vocals. She is heavily influenced by 80s music and says that she wanted to create ...  Read the complete review

Despite Ladyhawke getting a lot of good write ups in the music press (Q, NME) I found it relitvely difficult to find this album on the high street, it obviously didn't chart as high as expected. Eventually I got it from play.com a snip at £6.99 which is a brilliant price for a new release. It was £6.99 well spent as this is a good album. Ladyhawke is the alias of Pip Brown, a cat-loving singer songwriter from New Zealand. Her writing style or at least, for this debut is very 80s influenced, fitting in well with current success of bands such as the Ting Tings and MGMT, Ladyhawke gives us a mix of 80s style electro pop and indie, which is so in at the moment. ...  Read the complete review

Ladyhawke is original in that she is both a very unique sound in modern music, while at the same time offering us a glimpse of the past; specifically, the 80s. Hailing from New Zealand, Pip decided to begin the Ladyhawke project as an attempt to make an alter ego in which she could express whatever she felt. Her album has met instant success within the hipster and indie scenes and has established a particularly strong position in the Commonwealth. Without a doubt, the most popular tracks of the album are 'My Delirium', 'Dusk Till Dawn', 'Paris Is Burning', and 'Back Of The Van', but I can honestly say that all of the thirteen tracks are brilliant! 'Paris ...  Read the complete review

Although I was born in the 70s I first became aware of music during my early teens in the 80s and, for anyone like me who looks back fondly on that period and especially on the burgeoning growth of electro, Ladyhawke will sound instantly familiar in the best possible way. It's a stunning collection of 13 tracks, each of which has a hook and a chorus which will absolutely slay you. I've listened to the entire CD three times now and I know the songs off by heart already. There are no fillers here - every track is worthy of a single. In these days of manufactured, join-the-dots pop, Ladyhawke's eponymous debut stands alone as sounding like nothing else. Forget "Ashes ...  Read the complete review