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Christopher Owens + Chet JR White are new San Francisco duo Girls. The boys would like to "to conjure up auditory memories of listening to a Beach Boys song out of an old car speaker," and their beautiful lo-fi pop actually comes pretty close to that. This is some of the most starkly honest and affecting stuff I've heard in a while, like a more relatable, hopelessly romantic version of Ariel Pink (related side note: Owens also plays in Holy Shit). The four songs over at their myspace page are all worth your time, but the sincere longing and sort of sad hopefulness they convey on these two gems is what won me over (thanks to Jennifer for the tip):
mp3:
girls :: hellhole ratrace
Girls' limited Hellhole Ratrace 7" is due this spring on True Panther Sounds. The first 100 copies allegedly come with custom corsages, so get on it early. Girls also expect to have a full-length out this summer, and will play the French MIDI Festival in July.
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14 comments:
They sound like Elvis Costello demos - circa 1978-80.
Sucks. Boring as shit.
I disagree with Dwight from Yahoo.
that's what i thought about your demo you sent me dwight
girls rule
They should do a tour with that other new duo 'MEN' featuring two of the women from Le Tigre.
less elvis costello and more New Morning-era Dylan. "The Man in Me" comes to mind a bit.
Nah - his vocal style and chord changes are straight up Costello rip. Not even trying to disguise it.
hellhole rat race blew my mind. brilliant... words... jingley bells... and then when it swells all kevin shieldsy like half way through...
...and though i hear the costello comparison it doesn't hold true if you listen to all the songs they have up on their myspace page so i'm not sure if it's at all intentional.
yeah, "hellhole rat" race is kind of amazing. fantastic find, Chris.
they are also playing Awesome Fest
April 18th at the Arena Theater in Point Arena CA (two and a half hours north of SF)...
brownpapertickets.com/event/31695
also playing:
Willowz, Adam Stephens from Two Gallants, Golden Animals, Chief (NYC), Port OBrien, Bellavista (formerly The Vue), The Morning Benders and Thee Oh Sees...
Where's the shout out to Elvis Costello??? that back of the throat nasal melancholic drawl is straight out of EC
Yes, his voice sounds like EC's. So what? I found 'hellhouse ratrace' hypnotic and sadly sweet. Good post!
Just heard about these guys, don't they know there are already several bands with albums out (since 2005) with that same name? for example: http://www.myspace.com/thegirls
and these guys go way back:
http://www.myspace.com/thegirlsseattle
Why bother keeping such a generic name that's already been taken several times over? Hope they find out about google someday....
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