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Ladytron release "True Mathematics" visual

Ladytron have released a visual for the fan favorite "True Mathematics" today.

The long-forgotten video, which can be seen below, was filmed during the band’s 2002 Light & Magic tour shows in London and Manchester. After the trek, the footage was simply forgotten about for two decades.

Ladytron guitarist Daniel Hunt said this about the visual:

“We realized was there was little record of how the band was in the flesh at that moment, late 2002. Nobody had phones with cameras, let alone video. It was Ladytron at its most punk. There was a still a lot of confusion about what we were. Still is. Going through the archives we found these tapes that our UK label had shot in the first days of the tour, and had been long forgotten about. They capture a unique group when it was just hitting its stride, at the very beginning of a world tour for Light&Magic that would last a whole year.”

Co-vocalist Mira Aroyo said this about the beloved song:

"We first started experimenting with Bulgarian on Commodore Rock off 604, because the language has such a different rhythm. We hadn't planned on writing more songs in Bulgarian, but the instrumental for True Maths screamed out for something hard and staccato - kind of like The Normal's Warm Leatherette. We pushed the sound of the language to be as percussive and metallic as possible, beyond the way it naturally is. Live, the song took on a life of its own - it became even harder, almost heavy metal. Also not many bands open their sets with a song in a foreign language, so it felt like a statement of intent.”

This year, Ladytron have been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their sophomore studio album Light & Magic, which features the singles "Seventeen,” "Blue Jeans,” and "Evil."

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