Girls – Album Review
Girls, a band out of San Francisco, California is a band that benefitted from a significant Pitchfork review with a 9.1 score out of 10. That’s put them in top 5 album of the year company. That score alone did induce me to check out the album but of course I’m doing an album review almost two months after the fact.
Much has been talked about with Christopher Owen’s childhood which involved the Children of God cult or namely called The Family International. While it was an interesting read (as much as I feel bad for the guy)… he’s probably enjoying life right now as an indie rock star. Their Toronto show is currently sold out (playing November 10th)
From a musical perspective, I don’t think it’s a 9.1 but that’s just me however there are some decent pop elements with Owen’s complaints and honesty. I will say there’s a lot to like and while I can see why other critics are digging it, at the same time I feel like I have different measurements. It’s no way fantastic, OMG best of the year (The XX too) but it has a real nice quality to it. It leaves me in a position not necessarily wanting more but when I just take things at face value, it’s hard to deny that Girls is good.
Maybe you’ll like them more then me, maybe not. I don’t really have to much to say either way. Comparisons to the Beach Boys do hold in some instances, it almost seems like Girls are blatantly trying to be them in a fun way at times. Other times, they are their own band. No particular sound you could peg them to and I guess that’s what some people like. I have a hard time myself digging through the album fully from top to bottom. Only because they try different things and the start is very different from the end.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Still a solid album. I’m not on their bandwagon but I guess it’s okay if you are.
Lust For Life by Girls
Laura by Girls
for the record, day sleeper thought of that song title first