A review of the compact disc TRASH EIGHTY by the synth-pop/darkwave act MANNEQUIN DEPRESSIVES.

CD Review: MANNEQUIN DEPRESSIVES - Trash Eighty
2002 Klankboom Productions


Links and contact info:
www.mannequindepressives.com (Mannequin Depressives official site)
www.mannequindepressives.com/order.html (to buy Trash Eighty)
www.mannequindepressives.com/audio.html (to hear mp3 samples from Trash
Eighty)

Reviewed by Wa

Dial out, sign in, and you’ve just begun listening to Trash Eighty the
debut album from the MANNEQUIN DEPRESSIVES. With a whopping 14
tracks that clocks in at over 73 minutes of music, Trash Eighty definitely
gives you some bang for your buck.

MD has made an album that makes for a familiar fun return to a time of the
Rubik’s Cube, Jellies, Esprit Bags, and Space Invaders.

Trash Eighty is an album that builds steam, finally hitting stride around
track 6 “Break”, a great little synthpop track that features the catchy,
bouncy melody performed on a glockenspiel. Erasure fans are sure to love
this track.

Trash Eighty features a wide variety of soundscapes from the
neo-industrial track “Headspace” to the wonderfully heartfelt and tender
piano track “untitled”, to dance classics “Reach” and “Cyberdelic”.

Overall Trash Eighty exhibits interesting instrumental arrangements and
production. As a compilation that features the evolution of the band from
inception in 1998 until late 2001, the album shows a band that has matured
greatly. It is clear the next release from this band will be a creative
breakthrough.

A good first debut, solid writing, a few vocal touch-ups and this is a
real gem.