Earworm: The Girls At Dawn “It’s the Only Time”
November 11th, 2009
Who: The Girls At Dawn
Sounds like: Three girls from the Langley Schools Music Project snuck into Gold Star Studios, messed around with the gear and ended up achieving Phil Spector’s Wall of Sound without any clue of how they did it.
RIYL: ’60s girl groups, Langley Schools Music Project, Phil Spector, Ronettes, Dum Dum Girls, The Mayfair Set, Grass Widow, Shangri-La’s, Best Coast, The Shaggs, most of what Captured Tracks and Hozac Records release
Need to know: There isn’t a whole lot. Three girls from Brooklyn - Erin (guitar/vocals), Ana (bass/vocals), Sarah (percussion/ vocals) - who make hauntingly pretty, harmonic lo-fi. They released their first single Never Enough/Every Night on Hozac and have a new self-titled 12-inch EP coming out on Mike Sniper’s Captured Tracks label.
Track: “It’s the Only Time” is pop music at its most barebones and rudimentary, sounding not just like a first take, but possibly the first time they’ve picked up these instruments. But the amateurishness gives it an irresistible charm, especially when it’s stifled it with noxious levels of reverb.
Buy: You can order their new EP here.
Tags: Captured Tracks, Hozac, The Girls At Dawn
Posted on Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 3:29 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
