Excellent electronic adult pop/rock CD. Very impressive production and musicianship throughout. The title track, Rabble Rouser, like many of the tracks, has some neat production tricks and a catchy electro-beat. If you enjoy bands like New Order, Depeche Mode and The Smiths, you'll enjoy this CD. Pick up a copy today.
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Constantly building, lush electro-driven crescendos characterized with moments of cybercalm illustrate the result of Casino Royal’s application of synth pop sounds to traditional indie song writing style on their third album, Rabble Rouser. Influenced by the likes of Depeche Mode and Soft Cell, this Viennese trio deliver a confident blend of contrasting styles to create a sound akin to an avante garde 80’s euphoric rave, punctuated with poetic lyrics.

The ambient wave-beats that open up “The Seven Year Itch” quickly give way to synth-driven melodies and uniquely accented, somewhat aching vocals reminiscent of a synthed-up Black Francis. While the fade-out for the subsequent “German Speaking Generation” brings a moody DJ Shadow melody to mind, the ambient/euphoric electro-melody during the chorus of “The Rabble Rouser” highlights Casino’s subtle abilities to influence the mood of their tracks.


Experimental sound effects and high velocity synth beats create a chaotic aural bedding that openly contrasts the distinctly calm vocals that lie over “Wasted Talent”. There is a moment of unique achievement with the dark intro to “Accountant’s Colleague”, quickly changing shape into an intense delivery of swirling vocals and driving “Kraft-qwerky” rhythms.


“Orgastic Love Song” is perhaps Casino Royal’s finest achievement on Rabble Rouser. From the wind-shrouded female vocal intro, through the classic techno beats and clever bass rhythms, to the lashings of thrashy Blur-like guitar, Casino use this track to give a nod in two musical directions at once. With peaks of synth-rich melodies and troughs of grungy rhythms, “Orgastic Love Song” presents the full sonic spectrum of these Austrian artists.  


Rabble Rouser ends with “German Speaking Generation OV”, an electrified verse-chorus-verse number that completes the album closer to their Indie influences than any other track. It is the experimental nature of this band that stands out, with a confidence that promises more change yet to come.



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