Album review: Lovelorn Dolls – Deadtime Stories
I’d start by saying that Lovelorn Dolls is like a phoenix to me, rising from its ashes time and again. The band was formed back in 2010 and has faced several hiatuses throughout their career. It’s important to note that the duo (Kristell Lowagie and Bernard Daubresse) mostly operates on their own, either doing everything themselves or with minimal support. In today’s music scene, maintaining a band is incredibly challenging, especially with the proliferation of female-fronted rock/metal bands in recent years, leading to oversaturation. Lovelorn Dolls faces this challenge as well; despite having three full-length albums, EPs, and remixes under their belt, they remain sadly underrated and relatively unknown to this day. Nevertheless, to my great delight, they always come back. Their latest hiatus has been the longest in their career so far, their last album, “Darker Ages,” released back in 2017. So, they’re breaking a long silence with their fourth album, titled “Deadtime Stories,” set to be released in May. Lovelorn Dolls categorizes themselves as gothic rock/metal, but electronic elements are also frequently present in their music. This is particularly noticeable in their second album, “Japanese Robot Invasion,” whereas their latest album, as mentioned, focuses more on gothic rock […]
