Some Things [Robbins] (2006)

More melancholic than most, Lasgo's Some Things suggested that the popularity of progressive house was gradually making its way onto the trance-pop landscape. "Heaven" and "Don't Belong 2 U" retreaded a number of corporate sub-Chicane twisty synths, but the personality was noticeably different. Instead of squeaking towards identikit high vibes, frontwoman Evi Goffin focused on tragic and trite co-dependent relationships, while Peter Luts and David Vervoort's production was relatively depressed and surprisingly ... Read More

More melancholic than most, Lasgo's Some Things suggested that the popularity of progressive house was gradually making its way onto the trance-pop landscape. "Heaven" and "Don't Belong 2 U" retreaded a number of corporate sub-Chicane twisty synths, but the personality was noticeably different. Instead of squeaking towards identikit high vibes, frontwoman Evi Goffin focused on tragic and trite co-dependent relationships, while Peter Luts and David Vervoort's production was relatively depressed and surprisingly claustrophobic, particularly for an album that periodically lifted from Kosheen's "Hide U" and Everything Is Wrong-era Moby. ~ Dean Carlson, Rovi Read Less