I knew Miss Kitten a.k.a. Caroline Herve since her collaboration with Felix Da Housecat and after that I discovered her stuff with Golden Boy and The Hacker. Some years later I happily saw her releasing an album for Mute and I really liked "I com" since the first listening. After four years without producing a studio album I was expecting her big comeback and at first I didn't know that Nobody's Bizzness was her own and new label. With a new label, new sound and new collaborator (she isn't helped out by The Hacker on this new adventure but by Pascal Gabriel, producer of ex Propaganda Claudia Brucken, Erasure, Debbie Harry, Dido, Natalie Imbruglia, etc) I didn't know what to expect from BATBOX. Well, at a first listening I must admit that I really miss The Hacker production and the quasi punk attitude of Miss Kittin previous releases. BATBOX is well produced but it seems lacking of ideas as the tracks kinda play around one riff with the enhancement of nice audio tricks. If on tracks like "Silver Screen Shower Screen" or "Frank Sinatra" her vocals were sounding sensual, the polished sounds of "Solidasarockstar" or "Wash'n'dry" make sound her voice like she was bored. Is this album so lame? No, I don't think this is the case but if we have good tracks like the single "Kittin is high" or "Sunset strip" we have also other ones like "Grace" or "Pollution of the mind" where you are like waiting for the blast to come but when the following song starts, you have a sour taste in your mouth. Just to make you understand what I mean, try to imagine to listen to "I com" for the 20th time in a month. After all those listening you will miss a little its initial effect. Well, this is what I felt the second time with BATBOX. Mind that if this will be your really first time you are listening to Miss Kittin, probably you'll like it since the first note. P.s. BATBOX's cover and graphics have been made by Rob Reger, creator of Emily The Strange character.