Los Angeles {$Joy Division}-obsessed duo {$She Wants Revenge} blend {\electronic} beats with {\goth} {\pop} misery on their self-titled {@Geffen} debut. DJs {$Justin Warfield} and {$Adam "Adam 12" Bravin} may have crafted the {\post-punk} equivalent of {$XTC} alter-egos {$Dukes of Stratosphear}'s {\psychedelic} {\rock} tribute {^Chips from the Chocolate Fireball}, but there is suspicion as to whether or not it was intentional. Like fellow reanimators {$Interpol}, {$the Bravery}, or even the mysterious {$Lansing-Dreiden}, {$She Wants Revenge} love early {$Depeche Mode}, {$Bauhaus}, and pre-{^Land of Rape and Honey} {$Ministry}, but what makes their impeccably crafted, highly listenable/danceable collection of angst so dubious is its utter duplicity. There's nothing wrong with honoring your influences by copping a few moves and singing in a fake British accent like {$Green Day} with the intentions of updating a genre that many potential listeners are too young to have experienced first-hand, but it's another thing to do it without even the slightest deviation. ~ James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide