Girl Scouts “thanksalot”
Recently, I’ve been downloading and listening to music like crazy from Band Camp. This is a review of a group of songs by the same band I got from Band Camp- usually it constitutes an EP. This is a song-by-song review and it is never to exceed six songs. At the end, I will tell you the “Recommended Downloading Level”, which means whether or not I think you should spend your time downloading these songs. It’s on a scale from 1 to 5, 5 meaning that you should stop reading my review and download these songs immediately and 1 meaning that if you even think about downloading these songs your computer will be infected with a horrific bad music virus. Enjoy.
<1> “We Were Blowin’ Shit Up For Days” – We have some heavy indie rock here with vocals not that close to Hot Water Music. There is some really intricate guitar work in here now. I would definitely label this math rock at times. There is also a lot of music and less vocals, which I never mind in songs. That scream just literally scared me (Around the 2:30 mark), guess I was not expecting it at all. But now he’s screaming the title, which is kind of fun.
<2> “Superbowl Birthday Party” - And this song begins with start and stop guitars and an f-bomb. They just counted to thirteen twice in a row for some reason. I don’t get it. I hear HWM somewhat still, but I also hear The Casket Lottery and Gatsbys American Dream. Bells! (Or more likely a xylophone) And then the obligatory “Wooooo!” to follow. And then one of those horse clompy things. I think he keeps singing “fucking final” now, which must have something to do with the Superbowl score displeasing him.
Overall, these two songs are quite good and if you enjoy a sound that borders on a hardcore/punk band but isn’t quite fully that, then I suggest you listen to Girl Scouts. And I hear if you attend their live shows they give away free Thin Mints.
Recommended Downloading Level: 4/5
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