Photo by Stephane GalloisI gave up on Ladytron a long time ago. Way back in 2000 I was coerced by a blend of UK hype and the promise of cute girls and picked up their Play Girl single, which subsequently failed to impress for reasons I can't even recall at this point - probably too cold and mechanical for my tastes at the time - and I didn't pay much heed to them over the next eight years and three albums. But when album number four, Velocifero, showed up on my doorstep, I figured that...