El Padraic

That La Roux is so hot right now. At the time of writing, the second single In For The Kill is sitting pretty at number 21 in the Irish weekly charts. It’s a very impressive feat considering Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing can only reach number 50 this week. Pffft, amateurs… I was going to rely on Wikipedia to fill valuable column inches here but since there’s barely anything interesting to say about them other than the fact that lead singer Elly Jackson is the daughter of Trudie Goodwin (megastar of The Bill), I’ve done my own research:

• La Roux is the 10784th most popular baby name at mybabyname.com placing it in the top 15%.
• Roux is a cooked mixture of wheat flour and fat, traditionally clarified butter. It is the thickening agent of four of the mother sauces of classical French cooking: sauce béchamel, sauce velouté, Allemande, and sauce espagnole. Butter, vegetable oils, or lard are common fats used.
• Lead singer Elly Jackson’s hairstyle is heavily influenced by Conan O’Brien (photographic proof here).
• One day, Elly will become the greatest Tilda Swinton impersonator ever at parties. More celebrity impersonator hilarity can be found here. I double dare you to hire this guy for children’s parties.
• The self-titled debut album will be released on June 29th 2009 to coincide with Gary Busey’s birthday (this fact is mostly true).

The Bulletproof music video is after the break.

If you liked La Roux, check out: Chromeo, The Knife, Hot Chip, Tears For Fears, Blondie, Eurythmics, The Cure.