Luksus "Repertoire" (1998)

Repertoire [debut]

release date: Mar. 10, 1998

format: cd (LIDOCD12)

[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,48]

producer: Tue Madsen & Mikael Simpson

label: Lidocaine Records - nationality: Denmark

Track highlights: 1. "Waiting for the Good Life" - 2. "Myrtilles" - 3. "Hit-and-Run Driver" - 5. "Victoria" - 9. "Wash & Go" - 11. "El Dorado"

Full-length studio debut by Luksus is like the '97 ep produced by Madsen and Simpson. The song "El Dorado" also appears on the ep but here it's included in a new arrangement and apart from that the album comes with ten new songs.

Compared to the ep, Repertoire still echoes especially Lush, Sundays, and The Smiths, but also at times here: The Cranberries, although, everything is held in a stronger original tone of their own when comparing to the ep.

Repertoire is a fine debut, which gave promises of more ahead but alas it also became the band's first and only full-length album as the band decided to part ways in 2001. Both Mikael Simpson and Lise Westzynthius solo-debuted in 2002.

Luksus "Luksus" (ep) (1997)

Luksus (ep) [debut]

release date: 1997

format: cd

[album rate: 3 / 5] [3,16]

producer: Tue Madsen & Mikael Simpson

label: Lidocaine Records - nationality: Denmark

Track highlights: 1. "Particularly Lucky" - 2. "I Miss You" - 3. "Stardust" - 4. "El Dorado"

Studio ep debut by Danish indie pop band Luksus cosisting of vocalist and guitarist Mikael Simpson, vocalist and keyboardist Lise Westzynthius, bassist Georg Rune Andersen, and drummer Henrik Vibskov. Three tracks (tracks #4, #5, and #6) are written and composed by Simpson, two tracks (tracks #1 and #2) are credited Westzynthius, and track #3 is by Simpson and Westzynthius. The album consists of six compositions with a total running length of just under 27 minutes.

Musically, the band doesn't walk new paths, but the combo of strong influences from Lush and The Smiths are obvious, and at times a bit unoriginal. Especially, the vocal performance by Westzynthius often appears as attempts to copying the vocal phrasing by Morrissey (listen to "Particularly Lucky" and "My Late Twin (Piano)" - on which she even mentions listening to the Smiths).