Girls, The - Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No - New CD or New LP
Seattle quintet of boys, THE GIRLS, deliver a punk-rock sound armed with both the intuition of the better half and the brawn of the other. We're talking impressively tight, clean punk-rock that clearly recognizes why bands like Devo and the Cars inspired a good chunk of the bands that inspired a good chunk of the bands that people are always losing-their-shit for these days.Girls, The - Yes, No, Yes, No, Yes, No by Dirtnap Records Right from the start, THE GIRLS displayed a surplus of indisputably catchy hooks, a tightrope-dancing rhythm section, confident blurts and yelps from frontman Shannon Brown, razor-sharp synths, and the charisma to match. Critics were quick to take notice of the band's 2004 self-titled Dirtnap debut. Pitchfork proclaimed "this is no fishnet-hawking electroclash fashionista rock; besides having more sexxx appeal than both Coreys combined, The Girls've got chops like Ralph Macchio" while OC Weekly described the band as "Early-Cars meets Richard Hell and The Vo