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Recommended by us on 22nd October 2009
...according to our Ant on Thu 22 Oct, 2009.
A trio of girls from Brooklyn’s thriving underground have just melted my heart of stone with their infectious brand of pure pop. The young ladies responsible are The Girls At Dawn and their single ‘Never Enough’ effortlessly manages to meld a 60’s girl group soul/doo-wop aesthetic, jangly indie sound, the ghost of Phil Spector and a lo-fi/DIY/garage/psych production ethic that’s like the sweetest gloopy pop syrup that never becomes too sickly. It’s a wonderfully innocent love song. This is music to fall in love to, it’s totally romantic. The backing vocals are magical and I particularly like the brassy Motown percussion sound. If you only buy one 7” this week then I totally recommend this 45 of pop perfection. I think this is what I wanted The Pipettes to sound like... Oh you can listen to the song on the band's Myspace. If you fail to be seduced by its charm then you must be a cyborg. Look out Vivian Girls!
When we first heard the crudely innocent recordings of Brooklyn's newly
formed Girls At Dawn, it's hard to recall which sunk in first, the
jangling and angelic pop hooks, or the interwoven and uniquely eerie
Rosemary's Baby soundtrack-style backup vocals that accompany them. It
really didn't matter, as their songs have that special something that
stuck right out and made the hairs on our collective necks stand
straight up. Here we offer their debut 7" single, hauntingly
self-produced, home recorded goodness, played by three girls who
effortlessly knock out great, simplistic and inescapable songs that
swim around in your head and don't let go. Quite like the hypnotic,
mythological sirens who lured ancient sea captains into pits of
despair, these songs seem just pure enough, until it's too late to turn
back and they've hooked you unforgivably. Look for The Girls At Dawn on
the Rough Trade Indie Pop '09 compilation, along with an upcoming 12"
EP on Captured Tracks, as well.
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