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Boo Hoo
Projekt Records
Voltaire has always brought a sense of self-deprecating humor to the otherwise morbid goth audience that most appreciates his Renaissance Festival gypsy music. However, Boo Hoo focuses more on anti-Valentine's Day themes of heartbreak and breakup than on celebratory themes of Halloween-ish evil. Always filled with satire, Voltaire still finds a way to make us chuckle at his misery on songs like "Future Ex Girlfriend" and "See You In Hell" and even throws in an obligatory stab at the black-lipstick-wearing set on "The Vampire Club" for good measure. His cover of Bjork's "Bachelor(ette)" seems like it was written just for this album while his electronic-tinged version of Tori Amos' "Caught a Lite Sneeze" takes on an irony not originally intended when Voltaire croons, "I need a big loan from the girl zone." Just the kind of dark humor that could help anyone overcome a case post-breakup blues.
- Jonathan Williams (Music Editor)
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