REVIEW: Future Bible Heroes, I'm Lonely [And I Love It] (Merge)
- Christina Apeles
If you love the techno, somber pop of Stephin Merritt's other projects like Magnetic Fields, Gothic Archies and The 6ths, you won't be disappointed by the electronic do wop that Merritt and co-collaborators, Christopher Ewen and Claudia Gonson, present as Future Bible Heroes. In their six track love affair with synth beats galore and dead pan vocals to boot, if you're not dancing to their tunes, you'll be laughing at the entertaining quirkiness of them. Is this the future of alternative dance? Doubtful that you'll find "My Blue Hawaii" or "Hopeless" at any danceclubs in the future, but in the privacy of your own home or house party, drunken head bobbing will do.
