Girl Band
Holding Hands with Jamie
Rough Trade
Oct 06, 2015 Web Exclusive
Girl Band by name, girl band by nature? Not this one. The Irish quartet are all male purveyors of guttural noise punk whose debut LP Holding Hands With Jamie is as searing as it comes. To be played at one volume only—LOUD—this is a record composed of full throttle, Shellac-esque blowouts like “Pears for Lunch” and “Paul” that rattle and clatter with feral abandon.
The album is a relentless half-hour of grizzled sonic thrills, and Girl Band scorch their songs with blistering guitar, percussive bombast, and a stabbing sense of humor. At times, the likes of the pulverizing “Fucking Butter” feel as jarring as barbed wire scraping through your inner ear, but they’re so forcefully executed it’s a pleasure to endure. Hard, fast, and utterly compelling, this is quite unlike any girl band you’ve ever heard. (www.girlband.ie)
Author rating: 7.5/10
Average reader rating: 8/10
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