While electro-Goth sounds like a bad idea in theory, Black Strobe manage to make it sound better than one would expect. Maybe their French origins keep them from being too devoted to either English-style Goth or American-style EBM. Certainly, they're peppier. After all, how gloomy could a track entitled "Me and Madonna," with its New Order-style guitar line, be? "Chemical Sweet Girl" has just enough darkness to keep you dancing. You get the sense that Black Strobe are just having fun playing with different genres. The bleepy disco of "Fitting Together" and the straight-up techno of "The Abwehr Disco" prove you can't judge a book by its cover, just as the deep voices of "Innerstrings (No Shuffle Mix)" aren't as ominous as they are campy. Ewan Pearson and Ivan Smagghe take "Me and Madonna" to the disco, while Alter Ego take a stark beat to make "Chemical Sweet Girl" darker. Put away that vampire make-up and dance!