"Lure is called trip hop all over the place, but dark pop works better for those of us who don't have a hip music dictionary handy. From Kate Bush to the current Madonna to genre-splitting groups like Portishead, Lure captures up a good 20 years' worth of influences and spins them round the dryer until funk, dance and loads of electronica wash come creeping out with a slinky smile and a synth full of lint.

51 minutes, 11 songs, beginning with the bassy space beat of 'Grace' and powerful Blade Runner-type backdrop of audio 'new world' music. 'Enter my watered down grace/ echoing complex apathy/you retained my uneasy state/showered distorted ecstasy/ neglected to wipe away/the touch of your lips.'

'Trace' is one of my favorites, but is too inconsistent for the club floor probably. Don't care. The combo of glass-smooth fe-vocals on top of all the electro-gloss is enough to grab any listener solidly by the shirt muscles, regardless of their regular radio circuit. 'I feel something coming on/it's been dead since you've been gone/now I'm singing a new song and just tag along/I feel the sadness slip away /spasms gathered in its place /no deep things lingering to face/just tangled in a new embrace.'

The Lure is unmistakable, a true collaboration between vocalist/writer Kristen Sampsell (I'd rather listen to her over No Doubt any day!) and Dan Yashiv, composer/producer. However the final instrumentation and performing is finally divvied up, the sensual and cerebral nature of the tunes are escapist fun and yet certainly reality-driven when you take a closer sniff at Kristen's compelling lyrics. Yes, they do have help on drum, guitars, etc., but the close-knit relationship here is what really works. Like listening to music from identical twins, and sinfully delicious.