Sitting in my room (humming a sickening tune).
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Thursday, September 22, 2011
7.
Cheap Girls - Stop Now
A year or two ago, my friend Pete and I went to see this group, headlining a bill with a buncha random punk bands or something. We drank a lot of beer, and we jumped around at the front and declared that this band was frrrkin’ awesome, and I bought their CD.
Played it a few days later, but it didn’t grab me at all. It kinda feel down the back of the hi-fi, and I didn’t find it until this evening when I was tidying up prior to moving house.
Guess what: it’s pretty good! I’m still not sure what kind of thought process would lead three men to decide that ‘cheap girls’ is the perfect name for their band (maybe it’s a sorta oblique tribute to Cheap Trick’s ‘Southern Girls’?), but that aside it’s a marginally more punkoid throwback to that quintessentially ’90s sorta Gigolo Aunts/Posies/late period Dinosaur Jr power-pop sound with big, boomin’ production, and some nights that’s plenty good enough for me. This track in particular is a pretty definitive example of the form. The hazy intro/verse/pre-chorus bit is ON. I wish I had some more beer.
Labels: Cheap Girls, song reviews
