In The Name Of The Father

Scottish experimental trio have been around since 2002 when they reportedly sounded like Mogwai with a Casio keyboard thrown in for good measure... Since then, the band released the mini album This Is a Campaign, the title track of which landed in John Peel's 2002 festive fifty and which landed the band a Peel Session to boot. In the Name of the Father is The Aphrodisiacs' first full-length album and features 6 re-mastered tracks from the mini-album plus 6 brand new tracks recorded in 2006. The Scottish trio use soothing vocals to lure you into their dark and eerie electro rock world where tense guitars suddenly explode over insistent clipped beats, and it's all frighteningly catchy and incredibly good. New Order, Depeche Mode and the Cure references abound on the more upbeat tracks, the slower efforts warmly reminiscent of Death Cab for Cutie, making This is a Campaign a sparse and utterly beguiling slice of disco music for the quietly deranged.