This is the new studioalbum of Android Lust. The first since The Dividing from 2003, if we don’t count the remixalbum Stripped & Stitched. This is a very intense, passionate and emotional album, in which the listener is dragged into various worlds. They can be heavy and harsh, and then tranquil and mysterious. The lyrics are personal and appealing at times. There are elements of pop, as well as inaccessible industrial. Shikhee plays with this on the record, and it results in a fascinating achievement. This is a very nice album to listen to.

The first song ‘Lover Thine’ overwhelms and impresses with massive guitars, forceful drumming and the almost beast-like growling of Shikhee. In ‘Hole Solution’ the approach is a bit more subtle. ‘Dragonfly’ is again more industrial of tone, without losing the catchy elements. ‘Wicked Days’ is more melancholic and has exotic sounds, with striking lyrics. This surely is a highlight on this album. Also ‘The Body’ is a highlight. This song is pretty heavy yet has tranquil moments, which unfortunately make it less usable for DJ’s. ‘Leah’ is a fascinating hearplay like piece of music. The last real highlight we find with ‘Sense Of It All’ with the delicious vocals of Shikhee, synths and sounds. ‘Fell The Empty Mask’ however convince me less. ‘Thomael’ is an industrial inferno with gabberlike beats, scratching sounds and clashing rhythms. ‘Linguae’ is a very rich and versatile soundscape, in which Shikhee seems to have incorporated various impressions of her travels around the globe.

The heavy the cd starts, the quiet it ends with the ambient track ‘Unrecognize’, which has almost whispered vocals and pianoplay and then with the slightly psychedelic extra song, which reminds a bit of Radiohead. This is again a beautiful song. Fantastic! And then the album unfortunately really is over. Android Lust makes music that could interest people who like NIN, Bjork, Massive Attack but also people that like glitchy electro, or yet melancholic indierock. Android Lust is a band with a high-set original approach, that can be praised for that and although it might be a bit early in the year but it would not be far from the truth to state that Devour, Rise and Take Flight is an industrial highlight for 2006.