In truth Girls aren't that bad. There is a great solid ep tucked into their debut album. Unfortunately there are also some pretty lame songs on there as well. But so what? Not everyone can produce a masterpiece for their debut album. Look at the Beatles. It took them more than a few albums to hit their stride. Radiohead had a pretty embarrassing debut as well. The problem here is not with this little band that has promise, the problem is that this little band that has promise got blown up into a massive technicolor widescreen hypefest that overshadowed what they actually laid down on wax. The Girls are the exact reason why bloghype can boomerang back on a band. Rather than being able to enjoy the little indie pop gems found on their album, the listener is left trying to reconcile those gems with the sea of hype surrounding this band and ultimately coming up short. This is why there is something to be said for a band who grows their audience the old fashioned way and learns from prior missteps before subjecting themselves to wide exposure where assholes like me start throwing their punches. I wish Girls well, I really do, I just hope they don't believe the hype, because their album isn't really all that.
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