Femme Fatality - "Stranger" vid

Got this impersonal, seemingly management company generated email, a generic press release, I assumed was asking for a review, without specifically asking for one (more of a statement than a request) and therefore, almost wrote this band off without listening to them. The press photo at left intrigued me enough, sorta thought, these guys might have something interesting to say over a cup of coffee. Listened to the tune, a minimal, synth, darkwave kind of thing and was pretty fucking impressed. In that email, "electronic pop" was mentioned, and I'm just enough of a music snob to be instantly annoyed anytime the word "pop" is used (I have to work on that).  But this has an edge to it, where as pop is a butter knife that's only good for spreading butter, this is sharp and will cut you the fuck up. It's dark, but not contrived forcing a guy to have to put on eye liner, it feels natural, perfect for promoting thought. And I thought, the lyrics, what I can understand are pretty killer, so I wrote back to see if I could get those wrote up. Bradley kindly wrote back and reading along only makes the song that much better... the sort of love that makes you ache can't see a thing but you know you're awake at the ole gin mill where everyone knows stranger in town and he's moving in close

i am the pleasure to your pain i am the one who got away

the sort of nerves that show on your face nowhere to hide so you pick up the pace strollin' the boulevard right in plain sight stranger in town and he's staying all night

i am the pleasure to your pain i am the one who got away my love is cynical love so criminal i am the one who got away

So they've got a Soundcloud page, you can get to that below along with some other links, Femmefatality.net, Facebook.com/femmefatalitymusic, and Instagram.com/femmefatalityofficial/. Went ahead and started listening to some of their songs of the past on that Soundcloud page, there an impressive 43 of them, and song after song I was blown away. This newest song is the darkest of the lot, but these other ones are crazy good too. Poppy? Yes, but this electro power pop kind of thing,that is hyper catchy. How the fuck have I not heard of this band who like an iceberg the majority of their mass lies underneath the surface. Simply incredible composers and songwriters make up this band. I was kind of proud of myself for making this discovery, but of course I deserve no credit, it was that seemingly impersonal press release that ended up in my mailbox... [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gSneDejm6g]

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