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Artist: Girls
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-09-22
Music Label: True Panther Sounds
Soundtracks:

Lust for Life
Laura
Ghost Mouth
God Damned
Big Bad Mean Motherfucker
Hellhole Ratrace
Headache
Summertime
Lauren Marie
Morning Light
Curls
Darling

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Music Review: Best album of '09
Rating: 5 Stars

I heard about this band on Pitchfork a few weeks ago. The site was heaping buckets of praise on the young band's debut album, (the appropriately and simply titled 'Album'), and, even though I don't usually agree with PF's 'glowing' reviews, they're always worth -at least- checking out. Now, I'll be the first to admit that upon hearing the first 30 seconds or so of 'Lust For Life', I was a tad put-off by singer/songwriter Christopher Owens' nasally delivery, to the point of stopping the song and saying "That's that!" in regards to Girls. It wasn't until a good friend of mine, with an uncanny ear for great music called me last week to ask if i'd heard this band, which he'd been listening too, non-stop for weeks. My friend then preceded to embark on this half hour, suplerfluous-filled rant, which inevitably persuaded me to go back and give Girls another chance. Boy am I glad I did! If I'd just listened to a little more of 'Lust For Life' I would've realized that Owens so-called 'nasally delivery' was the perfect tongue-in-cheek sarcasm needed to give the bittersweet little lament of a track it's "OOMPH!". In fact, it's pretty much this formula for the entire album: take a rather somber subject matter, add an upbeat, indomitable delivery, and you have Girls. That may sound a bit repetetive, but I neglected to mention Owens' gifted vocal range. His voice can inflect hints of Elvis Costello, Morrisey, and even early-Beatles era John Lennon, (just take a gander at the no-fi gem 'God Damned' if you don't believe me). Nor have I mentioned JR White's skills as a producer/arranger. Each song on the album has it's own unique sound, almost as if it were produced by multiple people. It's that combined skill that keeps 'Album' sounding fresh track-after-track. I would usually take time to point out key tracks, but this album is loaded with them. My only qualm is the last song, "Darling". While not a bad song, I kinda expected an album of this magnitude to go out on a stronger note. Though, when almost every song before it an IMMEDIATE CLASSIC, it's hard to hold that against them, right? So, to make a long story short: Girls' "Album" is the BEST ALBUM of 2009. It's an album that you will always come back to. It's an album you can listen to when you're sad or happy; it's an album you can listen to while huddled around a fire with people you love, or driving to work on a rainy Monday morning. It's an album that will love you for who you are. Thanks Girls.

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Built on the powerful songwriting of Christopher Owens and the ethereal production of Chet "JR" White, Girls recorded Album in a variety of bedrooms and rehearsal studios in their adopted hometown, San Francisco. The resulting 12 tracks are the perfect San Fran summer record, evoking a narcotic, sunny afternoon in Dolores Park, yet promising the eventual hangover of summer's departure. Album is self-described as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious and perfect," it is a sincere tribute to the majesty of great pop music and the healing power of rock and roll.

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