A lot of bands blend drastically disparate influences, but few sound like the blender, too. Dublin four-piece Girl Band
is one such act, slicing up parts of everything from no wave to techno,
using guitar and drums like power tools as much as instruments. But
that implies that they’re consciously taking influence from bands like
Big Black, Throbbing Gristle, James Chance and the Contortions, Talking
Heads, and The Chemical Brothers, while in interviews, they’ve denied
influences (either things they don’t know or don’t like) as often or
more than noting them. There’s an autodidactic mania to the band’s
debut, Holding Hands with Jamie, the sound of four semi-feral
young men who figured out their own way to make enough noise to
alternately cover up and communicate the fact that they’re frustrated,
self-deprecating, laughing at society, and having panic attacks — if not
worse.
Girl Band – Holding Hands with Jamie (2015)
A lot of bands blend drastically disparate influences, but few sound like the blender, too. Dublin four-piece Girl Band
is one such act, slicing up parts of everything from no wave to techno,
using guitar and drums like power tools as much as instruments. But
that implies that they’re consciously taking influence from bands like
Big Black, Throbbing Gristle, James Chance and the Contortions, Talking
Heads, and The Chemical Brothers, while in interviews, they’ve denied
influences (either things they don’t know or don’t like) as often or
more than noting them. There’s an autodidactic mania to the band’s
debut, Holding Hands with Jamie, the sound of four semi-feral
young men who figured out their own way to make enough noise to
alternately cover up and communicate the fact that they’re frustrated,
self-deprecating, laughing at society, and having panic attacks — if not
worse.
