So here comes my first review of a 2025 release!
And of course it's from the seemingly hyper-prolific band whose last 2024 album I haven't even covered yet... No signs of tiring in Slovenia!
LAIBACH - I Want To Know What Love Is (download) (2025)
Let's not even pretend that Laibach's latest single is among their most intellectually stimulating, conceptually deep works, when we all know that they only decided to play it, because they happened to love singing it in the tour bus.
I'm actually a little conflicted, because obviously Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" is a horribly catchy monument of terrible über-schmaltz. On the other hand experiencing it at my last Wacken Open Air in 2016 is actually among my favorite live music moments ever.
And maybe that's the thing: Even though the arrangements by Laibach and Silence, the vocal duet of Milan Fras and Marina Mårtensson, as well as the big mix by Marc Urselli are all great, this song works better as a surprise in the context of their show - as I could witness in Copenhagen and Hanover myself.
However... I can actually apply the same spirit here, just enjoying this release as one more fun proof for the band's incredibly unlimited range, both in sound as in seriousness. And again: There isn't actually anything musically to frown about
The download consists of three mixes, one being extended with the so very atypical live ending, and the Distorted Love Mix, which is the darkest, certainly most Laibach version. Damn, the more I listen to all of those, the more hooked I am. This song is just pure evil. All hail our Dark Lords Foreigner!
I'm actually a little conflicted, because obviously Foreigner's "I Want To Know What Love Is" is a horribly catchy monument of terrible über-schmaltz. On the other hand experiencing it at my last Wacken Open Air in 2016 is actually among my favorite live music moments ever.
And maybe that's the thing: Even though the arrangements by Laibach and Silence, the vocal duet of Milan Fras and Marina Mårtensson, as well as the big mix by Marc Urselli are all great, this song works better as a surprise in the context of their show - as I could witness in Copenhagen and Hanover myself.
However... I can actually apply the same spirit here, just enjoying this release as one more fun proof for the band's incredibly unlimited range, both in sound as in seriousness. And again: There isn't actually anything musically to frown about
The download consists of three mixes, one being extended with the so very atypical live ending, and the Distorted Love Mix, which is the darkest, certainly most Laibach version. Damn, the more I listen to all of those, the more hooked I am. This song is just pure evil. All hail our Dark Lords Foreigner!
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