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The Girls, which is the San Francisco-based duo of vocalist-guitarist Christopher
Owens and Chet White, revisited
rock'n'roll (Big Bad Mean Motherfucker),
teen-idol ballad (Ghost Mouth),
easy-listening (Headache),
Mersey-beat (Laura), power-pop (Lust for Life),
shoegazing (Summertime),
and other genres (both vintage and modern)
on the highly derivative Album (True Panther, 2009).
The most original ideas are to be found in the
atmospheric serenade Lauren Marie
and in the romantic threnody Hellhole Ratrace.
The album is mostly lethargic and apathic, with the exception of the almost
anthemic Morning Light.
Technically speaking,
Father Son Holy Ghost (True Panther, 2011) is an impeccable parade
of rip-offs: just about every song evokes a classic of the past.
However, the feverish Honey Bunny is an example of how Owens can
turn imitation into innovation
(something like the Shocking Blue's Venus covered by the
Beach Boys).
Vomit reaches for
Pink Floyd-ian grandeur
with hints of the Beatles' All You Need is Love.
The eight-minute Forgiveness, instead, speaks to the limitations of
the duo, that falters the moment it focuses on what it has to say.
The mini-album Broken Dreams Club (True Panther, 2010) added at least
Oh So Protective One and Broken Dreams Club to their major canon.
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