Ladytron w/BLAKKAT @ The Neptune – 5/10/23
By Lisa Hagen Glynn

Ladytron‘s Mira Aroyo – photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn

English electropop group Ladytron returned to The Neptune on May 10, 2023. The sold-out show was their first U.S. appearance since the pandemic, with a previous show at The Neptune in December 2019.

Ladytron layers catchy dark lyrics atop distorted synth and guitar arpeggios, disco beats, and deeply-felt bass. Their set included tunes from every album of their seven-album discography, with priority to their January 2023 release, Time’s Arrow. Colorful artistic visuals were projected behind the band, casting frontwomen Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo into dramatic silhouette.

From Seattle, Ladytron continued their west-coast tour, with stops in Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. They play several North American dates in September and November .

Opening was Los Angeles-based producer BLAKKAT (Mark Bell), with a set of danceable tunes and swirling lights.

BLAKKAT – photo by Lisa Hagen Glynn

Ladytron – all photos by Lisa Hagen Glynn

BLAKKAT – photos by Lisa Hagen Glynn

Ladytron Set List City of Angels Faces Ghosts Deadzone True Mathematics The Animals Flight from Angkor Soft Power USA vs. White Noise Misery Remember Me International Dateline Fighting in Built Up Areas The Island Paper Highways Discotraxx Ace of Hz — California Playgirl Seventeen Destroy Everything You Touch