Supreme Beings Of Leisure

11i

Rykodisc/Warner

Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack)

02/19/2008 3:34pm

Electro-lounge also-rans Supreme Beings Of Leisure are one of those bands that popped up during the late 1990s electronica "explosion" and haven't quite gone away. 11i is their first album in six years and from the sounds of things, not much has changed in the interim. The songs bubble and zip along (in a tasteful manner) as vocalist Geri Soriano-Lightwood gets all sexy-like with her breathy vocals. It's actually the more restrained tracks that tend to work as tunes such as the peppy "Good" lay on the instrumentation a tad too thickened, in the process sounding like Evanascence or Garbage. The moodier sounds of "This World" and "Pieces" are much preferred and most certainly the type of choice to make if you're looking to complement the Portishead and Thievery Corporation folders on your iPod.