i get the concept, i like it, i admire it, but she actually just sounds emotionally dead. its off putting and uninvolving. if her music were more robotic itself then i could understand it, i.e. if she was a one woman kraftwerk. but shes not. so it doesnt fit. p-funk, bowie, sun ra, etc etc, all were aliens in their act but they still performed with some warmth. janelle takes dispassion to a level i enjoy on an intellectual level, but mostly just find hard to engage with.

i need to hear the new album properly to be fair, so im giving a pretty general impression, but i consider her pretty much the same as lady gaga - someone who has the concept, the patter, the ideas, but the music just doesnt match that ambition.

shame.