I like the look of the girl on the front of the new Girls 7" as she seems so genuinely happy. 'Lust For Life' is the new single after the rip-roaring success of the 10" EP and has me harking back to memories of the day I bought Sarah Records singles, the guitar and bass sound very C86 but the arrangement of the song is more like a US West Coast/Britpop hybrid summer smash. Alas, although I like the sound of the song, the instruments & the harmonica at the end, I HATE his whiny fake-ass voice & shitty contrived lyrics so it's not doing it for me. Also I feel I've heard the b-side song 'Life in San Francisco' a million times before, plodding, hazy, lazy folk pop that sounds a bit stoned. Nice production tho'...Shame about the songs. Ltd 7" only, if this is owt like the 10" I wouldn't dawdle
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Sound clips for Lust For Life by Girls: on vinyl at Norman Records UK. 7" (vinyl), Fantasy Trashcan, FANTASY002, £4.49.
Girls are built around the powerful songwriting of Christopher Owens and the ethereal production of Chet ‘JR’ White.
‘Lust For Life’ is 2 minutes 23 seconds of gloriously melodic, insanely catchy West Coast pop described by the band as "honest, loose, ethereal, obnoxious and perfect”.
