Friday night 12/11 in Luna Royal Oak, Love Meets Lust will play for the first time since the passing of their keyboard player/co-songwriter Mike Stefanski this past August. With their future uncertain, and tumultuous times in recent history, Detroit concert goers have a chance to see what might be the final farewell of an understated Detroit band blessed with limitless talent and cursed with loss. Those unfamiliar with the sound of Love Meets Lust don’t want to miss the chance to see an band full of layers, dynamic, and possibly doomed outfit while they still can.
Without sounding too contrived, the music of Love Meets Lust can only be loosely defined using many ambiguous veins of music, many of which have become shades of larger scopes. Describing the rich and dynamic sound of Love Meets Lust is difficult; the anachronism of a band features synthesized beats and Depeche Mode style vocals with a heavy glaze of keyboard ambiance. Far from the conventional twee-pop that often passes for electronic music, the band offers fluctuating guitars, and a vocal style that creates a swirl of synthesized perfection. Love Meets Lust will leave you floating, satisfied, at peace, like the first cigarette of the day.
With the disambiguation of what pop and electronic music has become, lines blurred between synthesized beats, dance music with a tinge of keyboard, rock with a drum machine, Love Meets Lust is sort of an anomaly. Capturing the essence of 80’s pop complete with subdued yet powerful vocals the result is a brilliantly haunting and viral, catchy sound without the botch of mainstream tendencies. Intelligent while maintaining an aura of beauty incredibly danceworthy instrumentals, listeners will think, once the urge to let it loose subsides. A perfect fit for the dark, and dreary Luna Royal Oak, Lust Meets Love is a sonic reflection of a dark foundation enveloped by bright lights and dancing. Don’t miss a show visceral on multiple levels as Lust Meets Love offers both your feet and mind a workout.
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