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Out February 25 on Night School (Europe) and March 12 on Slumberland Records (US + Canada)
Glasgow's Golden Grrrls are Eilidh Rodgers, Ruari MacLean and Rachel Aggs. What began as bedroom guitar experimentation soon bloomed into a fully-formed pop language inspired by the 80s New Zealand and Australian indie pop scenes, DIY punk and Glasgow's own rich pop history (think The Vaselines, The Pastels). Drummer Eilidh Rodgers' inventive, loose-cannon drumming and lead vocals have framed MacLean's baritone from the beginning, with newest member Rachel Aggs (also of Trash Kit) bringing an effortless melodic sensibility on guitar and backing vocals. Golden Grrrls’ first releases exemplified the lo-fi aesthetic they came from. Now long sold out, the two previous 7”s on Night School married the roughed-up recording dynamic with a boisterous, inventive melodic sense that has blossomed further on this, their self-titled debut LP.
For "Golden Grrrls" the band has written eleven perfect songs about life's realities dressed in three-part harmonies, heart-tugging changes and a playing style derived from punk and classic crash-pop enthusiasm. Like contemporaries Twerps and Sea Lions, they've joined a storied lineage of pop essentialists such as The Clean, The Bats and The Feelies -- bands who eschew complexity for concision and never sacrifice melody to mere primitivism. Each chord, beat and vocal line is perfectly placed, essential and simply has to exist as it is in its moment in time.
With all three members singing throughout, the harmonies and guitar lines interweaving, there’s a warmth in every song that adds to the poignant punch of the album as a whole. Opener ‘New Pop’ is a blast of breakneck spiked power pop while "Think Of The Ways" is a sweetly melancholic song that plays MacLean and Rodgers’ vocals against each other. "Take Your Time" and "Date It" are a punked-up indie pop gems, while album closer "We’ve Got…" is the catchiest 'anthem’ you’ll hear from a band that would be repulsed at the idea of writing anthems.
Tour Dates
March 20 - Le Voyeur, Olympia, WA w/Hysterics + Brilliant Colors
March 21 - Tractor, Seattle, WA ^
March 22 - The Cairo, Seattle, WA *
March 23 - Doug Fir, Portland, OR ^
March 26 - Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA ^
March 29 - Echo, Los Angeles, CA ^
March 30 - Casbah, San Diego, CA ^
April 1 - Charlie’s, Boston, MA, w/ What Next?
April 2 - Flywheel, Easthampton, MA, w/ What Next?
April 3 - Glasslands, Brooklyn, NY, w/ Sea Lions and What Next?
April 4 - Vox Populi, Philidelphia, PA, w/ Sea Lions, Literature and Royal Shoals
April 5 - Comet Ping Pong, Washington DC, w/ Sea Lions and Lorelei
April 6 - The Bell Foundry, Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Popfest 2013 w/ Sea Lions, What Next?, Pet Milk, Kip (from The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, Crimson Wave, Foul Swoops and more TBA)
April 8 - Cake Shop, NYC, NY w/ Sea Lions, Sapphire Mansions and Missing Documents
* w/ Brilliant Colors
^ w/ Veronica Falls and Brilliant Colors
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