HOT STOF (NETHERLANDS)
cd reviews • June 2007
Heet Stof
Launch and Landing
hotstof.blogspot.com

Lost Sirens

    How original do you want to be as a rockband? I don't think is very easy to be very original and unique because most things have been done before. I have a lot of respect for musicians and bands who have some authenticity. You can achieve this by choosing a unusual name for your band or by using a creative design for your CDs. I also respect bands who are not so original but who nevertheless are able to interest me. An excellent example is The Lost Patrol from Piermont, New York.

   The name isn't unique at all: first 'The Lost Patrol' was a war movie from 1934 from John Ford, but it is also a videogame and there also is a Swedish punkrock band by the name The Lost Patrol Band.

   The American The Lost Patrol consists of Stephen Masucci, Danielle Kimak Stauss, Michael Williams and Seth Clifford. So it's a very smart move of the band to register the name as a trademark.

   I think they have picked the name from the movie because the music of this foursome sounds a lot like film music. The movie images appear automatically when you hear the songs of the band.

   This melodic and dreamy pop music reminds me a lot of Hooverphonic and Mazzy Star. Or of The Cocteau Twins and Siouxsie & the Banshees. In 1999 their self-titled debut record with just instrumentals was released. Since then The Lost Patrol have released a new album every year, accept for 2006. "Launch and Landing" is the seventh and latest CD and it was released some weeks ago on the German label Kalinkaland Records. This album contains 12 songs and two of them are the beautiful "Sirens" and "Rogue Heart".

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