The Thought Criminals is a London, England-based

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

band, formed by Kirlian Blue (synths, backing vocals) and Rocky Goode (vocals, lyrics) in 2004. Their debut album was ''Die Young : Stay Pretty'' (2008,

WTII Records WTII Records is an independent record label created in 2001 by former Wax Trax! Records employee Bart Pfanenstiel, and David Schock. History WTII established The concept behind WTII started in 1999 while Bart Pfanenstiel was employed at Wa ...

), made with dance producer Tony Messenger and mixer Rob Henry of

Children of The Bong Children of the Bong was a British electronic band, formed in the early 1990s by Rob Henry and Daniel Goganian. They signed to Planet Dog Records in 1994 and released one album, ''Sirius Sounds'', as well as a couple of tracks on Planet Dog co ...

. Their last release was the Alnum "''You're A Moral Liability !''" (19 November 2018,

). "The Thought Criminals conjure early 80's style

electropop Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...

in the vein of,

Frankie Goes to Hollywood Frankie Goes to Hollywood were an English synth-pop band formed in Liverpool in 1980. The group's best-known line-up comprised Holly Johnson (vocals), Paul Rutherford (backing vocals), Peter Gill (drums, percussion), Mark O'Toole (bass guit ...

Soft Cell Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. The duo consists of vocalist Marc Almond and instrumentalist David Ball. The band are primarily known for their 1981 hit version of "Tainted Love" and their plat ...

, New Order,

Gary Numan Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician. He entered the music industry as frontman of the new wave band Tubeway Army. After releasing two albums with the band, he released his d ...

, OMD, etc". "The band’s sound contains audible traces of

Tik and Tok Tik and Tok are the robotic mime and music duo of Tim Dry and Sean Crawford. They began performing together with Shock, a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe in the early 1980s with Barbie Wilde, Robert Pereno, L.A. Richards and Carole Caplin. ...

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and a gorgeously dark sense of humour which will leave a little smile on your face." "Take one part Numan-esque glamour, one part

'ish sleaze and sultriness and one part

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inspired punk rock and you'll still be nowhere close to describing the hyper-kinetik sound of London's self-proclaimed electro-sluts."

Official releases

*''You're A Moral Liability !'' (WTII140) Album released by

19 November 2018. *"No Love Song" (WTII134) EP release by

9 September 2017. *"Dirty Electro EP" (WTII125) EP release by

31 October 2016. *"All the Freaks" (WTII055) Single released by

3 August 2009. *''Die Young: Stay Pretty'' (WTII051) Album released by

Fall 2008. *"Suicide Bomber" (CRIME002) Single released by Dirty Electro 10 September 2007. *"I Wanna Be a Celebrity" (EFS-IS-027) Single released by Electric Fantastic Sound 1 March 2007.

Compilation appearances

*Cyberslut - Jaded KMA Records 2005. *Date Rape Lovers - 4x4 Multi-Single Vol 1

Section 44 Records Section 44 Records is an independent record label and online store based in Colorado and specializing in electronic music and related genres. In 2004, Section 44 Records was formed by Pierre Norman and Randall Erkelens from the band Tristraum. S ...

2005. *Electricity - 4x4 Multi-Single Vol 1

2005. *Party Till The Police Come

Electrixmas 2007. *Electricity - Electrixmas 2007. Electrixmas 2007. *Suicide Bomber - Synthklubben V2.7

Killing Music ''Killing Music'' is the seventh studio album by British death metal band Benediction. It was released on the Nuclear Blast label in 2008. Two versions have been released: a regular jewel case edition CD, and also a limited edition CD that come ...

2007. *Pay Her To Lay Her - We Love Synthpop - The Album ScentAir Records 2012. *Dirty Electro - Metazoa OTB Records 2016 *Watching You - WTII Records Label Sampler 2017

2017. *Reality - Electronic Saviors: Industrial Music To Cure Cancer Volume V: Remembrance

Metropolis Records Metropolis Records is a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993 by the late Dave Heckman. The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries, such as Off Beat, and, since 1995, has been instrumenta ...

2018. *Depression - Sounds from the Asylum Snide 2018.

References

External links

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