The Girls
The Girls
Dirtnap
2005
Rating: 7 sketchy transvestites out of 10
Anyone who hasn’t been paying attention yet, needs to do so quick –Dirtnap Records out of the Pacific Northwest has stealthily moved in and become one of the best labels in the US. The Exploding Hearts (RIP), The Briefs, The Spits, The Epoxies, The Popular Shapes, The Minds and many other “The” bands all call this label home, and are fuckin’ great as well. Now you can add to that list The Girls, out of Seattle, a quintet of pop music-making young lads hiding out on a punk enclave. Although they undoubtedly belong to the punk scene, they owe the most benefit of their sound to The Cars – catchy, simple hooks; tons of synths; and Ric Okasek (OK, there’s no Ric Okasek, I lied about that). Additional influence is paid to the New York Dolls and Richard Hell & the Voidoids. And as rad as their record music is, word on the street is that their live show gets much, much crazier, drawing comparisons to the Stooges, with all band members in make-up and crazy outfits (I heard leopard-print thongs and fishnet stockings – unsure if this is the uniform de facto or just what they were wearing that night).
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