When I
first stumbled upon this demo on Band Camp, it had a download price of
$666. I thought it kind of odd that
someone would charge $222 per song, though I get the intended humor of the
number “666”. So as I took a few days and decided to go back
to look at this one more time, it came up as a “Name Your Price” download.
All of
that aside, these are three solid songs that leave me wondering questions that
I might not really want answered. The
music comes on hard and fast and reminds me of Foo Fighters right off the
bat. This ties in the grunge label, but hey, it’s
cool because this is the type of music I’ve been listening to lately, and by lately
I mean my entire life.
The
absence of vocals leaves this music perhaps most interesting, as this is a “demo”. If this was not a demo, I wouldn’t even
begin to explore this outside of an instrumental field (and if they stay an
instrumental band I will be just as impressed for their musical talent)
Having
a name with “girls” in it makes me think of this band as having a female
singer, which is not always the case though because there are plenty of bands
that defy that concept. (Isn’t there a
band just called “Girls” but is made up of guys?)
At the
same time, male vocals done right or even male and female vocals would be
something of wonder. Regardless of
whether or not these songs ever get vocals or Valley Girls stay instrumental,
the fact is this is something rocking music that pleases me and not just
because I’ve been spending a lot of time in the Soul Asylum catalogue
lately.
No comments:
Post a Comment