Girls Morning Light (True Panther)
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By: Hayley Leaver
One of 2009’s most highly acclaimed new bands, Girls have barely strayed far from the buzz of music blogs and hype-mongers since ‘Hellhole Ratrace’ first emerged in the summer of last year. Compared – not incorrectly – to the Beach Boys for their sunshine sensation, the Californians take the best of surf-rock and mix it with wholly un-obnoxious shoegaze to soul warming effect.
Taken from their much-lauded debut album, Album (how kooky), Girls’ first single of 2010 comes in the form of ‘Morning Light’. Christopher Owens’ droning vocals feel almost as though they shouldn’t work sat atop the brawny guitars, but the combination is simultaneously melancholy and strikingly uplifting. The album is frequently cited as the result of much narcotic-absorption, but far more interesting is the fact that Owens’ music shows his progression away from his post-cult anger - yes, post-cult – questions about which will probably get very boring, very quickly, for the frontman.
But however miserably horrifying Owen’s upbringing may have been, his determination to focus on the positive things in life emanates from ‘Morning Light’; intensely emotive, the pop-y haze deserves to be soaked up under glorious sunshine, preferably anywhere that isn’t the miserable UK, please.
Artists in this article: Girls
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