A noise-pop delight
Brooklyn-based noise-pop trio prove that girls can make lush punk-inspired tunes as much as boys, creating an album that’s full of glossy melodies that glisten with sparkling sounds.
In the true spirit of pop music the first 4 songs are all under 2 minutes and give the listener a breakneck speed tour of the girls’ sound, from frantic opener, ‘All The Time’ with its angelic vocals lilting over rough and ready percussion and scuzzy guitars. Many of the songs are a mellow blend of shoegaze and sugary vocals, but they’re all punchy enough to prevent the frequent the shoegaze style or fuzzy noise becoming too burdensome. ‘Wild Eyes’ could be a pretty folk song, even complete with a violin, if it weren’t for the retro drum beat and glossy backing. ‘Going Insane’ is a top punk number with furious drumming and tense guitars crashing into an electric peak.
‘Tell The World’ introduces droning vocal harmonies with a definite retro twinge and fair dose of garage beats, combined with a racy pace that makes it oh so danceable, like The Raveonettes with an extra dose of caffeine kicks. ‘No’ is a fabulously frenetic tune that’s bound to be a live classic simply because of its stripped down one word vocal line and kick arse rhythm, sometimes less is quite simply just more. Bonus track, ‘I Believe In Nothing’ has to be one of the most engaging with slightly disengaged vocals sighing, “I believe in nothing” before a wandering guitar solo kicks in.
The production is a little hazy, which adds to the DIY, straight from the street vibe that the girls do so very well. Phil Spector would surely be drooling over the shimmering sounds and harmonies that soothe for just long enough to allow the sharp drums to kick you in the teeth. Who’d have thought that 22 minutes could be so full of glorious pop? This album is a perfect stocking filler for any fans of The Vaselines, 60’s girl pop melodies or noise pop fans.