Presenting…Girls
Yeah, yeah, yeah…so this lot have been all over the blogs of late, but having only just got the album yesterday and been extremely impressed by the album (****, I reckon), I figured that if there was anyone who hadn’t heard them, they might like to, as well.
Girls hail from San Francisco - and have given themselves a name that is almost as impossible to google as Sexy Kids gave themselves a name that you really didn’t want to. This is gorgeous, old-style indie-pop, and if anyone feels that it lacks on orignality, it more than makes up for it with the emotional scope. If ‘Hellhole Ratrace’ or its’ b-side ‘Solitude’ don’t move you, consult your psychiatrist.
There’s all sorts of influences on here -Elvis Costello and The Beach Boys come to mind. There’s also a few parallels with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, and it seems likely that both bands will do well in the end of year polls, which really cannot be far away now.
According to press releases/legend/myth/interenet etc.. Girls frontman Christopher Owens grew up in the Children Of God Cult. After a traumatic childhood (brother dies, Dad leaves, Mum forced to prostitute herself) he eacped, made his to San Francisco via Texas and met Chet ‘JR’ White with whom he formed Girls. The vocals are heartwrneching and the album begs to be played again and again.
There are some folks who are grumbling on the net that this lot are favoured by hipsters and so therefore aren’t worth a listen; I beg you to reconsider and make up your own mind…Go and check out debut album, entitled, umm Album, and start by enjoying these tracks and videos here.
I adore this band, lust for life was my perfect track for summer
Ha, I was just talking about Sexy Kids the other day, and how I was terrified to google them for more info without my house being raided.
Didn’t really expect to like the Girls album having seen it hyped to the gills, but was pleasantly surprised by it.
Not convinced it’ll be something I’ll listen to much, but it was fun.
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Sarah - that track rules, I’m sure there’ll be at least one or two Girls’ tracks in my festive fifty at the end of the year…
Jim - I’ve played it at least twice in the last twenty-four hours, it really is worth checking out!
I was late to the party, too. Checked them out last week. Keeping my interest. Which is more than can be said for the last ‘blogger’s band’ - The XX.
yawn.
seriously, I’ve had these two songs playing while I’ve been reading lots of your posts from recent weeks.
no wonder I’m losing interest in new bands. This is so fucking deadly dull.
Ouch! heh heh …