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September Girls – Green Eyed (Soft Power Records)
I get sent a lot of music. That’s what I do this blogging
lark for, the free music. Much like buying a bulk lot at an auction though, you
get plenty of dross to sift through. Every now and again, however, you find
something so rare and so beautiful that it makes it all worthwhile. Dublin all
girl quintet, September Girls, are one such find and I want to share my joy
with you. Right now.
This is the second release from Sarah, Lauren, Jessie,
Caoimhe and Paula and is a limited edition 7” slice of delight that you really
ought to seek out. ‘Green Eyed’ is full of unsettling guitar melodies drenched
in reverb, cavernous vocals that will follow you down dark alleys and
relentless keyboards that do nothing but build the tension for the entire
length of the song (under 3 minutes, as it should be). It’s Best Coast after a
particularly bad break up, it’s the Yeah Yeah Yeahs on a really 80s trip and it’s
Blondie’s little sisters getting all dark and brooding. It is also an
incredibly poppy record that will have be-beehived girls dancing
minimalistically at Indie Discos all over the known universe if there is any
justice in this world.
B-Side ‘Danny Wood’ is a more upbeat and lo-fi number
reminiscent of early Long Blondes and how I imagine the Shangr-Las would sound
if they formed on the outskirts of Dublin with a sense of ambition and fun in
their hearts. It’s ‘Hey Mickey’ for the post-Britpop generation and it’s only a
mother flippin’ B-Side!?!? Just imagine how good this band could be!? I
genuinely haven’t been this excited about a new band for a long time and, what
I love the most, is that there isn’t a single weakness. Great songs? Check.
Great name? Check. Great look? Check. And I bet they have sultry Irish accents
too. I’m genuinely sold. I want to have some cynical, pithy sign off but I can’t
do it. I just can’t. September Girls are my favourite new band of 2012 and I
recommend everybody reading this to tell someone else to read it and then both
of you should go out and buy this single and/or go to a show. In fact, scrap
the ‘/or’, just go to a show. I’ll meet you there.
More info: https://www.facebook.com/septembergirls
Live Dates:
October 6th - HWCH 2012, The Workmans Club, Dublin.
October 10th - The Fleece,Bristol, UK W/Shonen Knife
October 11th - Undertone, Cardiff UK
October 13th - Soup Kitchen, Manchester UK W/PINS
November 24th - The Pavilion, Cork.
October 10th - The Fleece,Bristol, UK W/Shonen Knife
October 11th - Undertone, Cardiff UK
October 13th - Soup Kitchen, Manchester UK W/PINS
November 24th - The Pavilion, Cork.