Girls is a relevant indie buzzband who seems to have officially garnered 'critical darling' status after receiving an 8.6 on their hit EP. I think they used to write songs that u could say were 'fuzzy buzzy' but their new gimmick is 'growing up' and 'caring more abt production value.' I think at first ppl thought they were a gimmicky 1-album-wonder buzzband, but now it seems like they are going after 'Alternative Tenure', which means everything they produce is 'highly anticipated', 'highly respected', and the leak economy goes krazie 4 their .zip albums.

Here is a paragraph that talks abt how they have rlly grown up, and now they care abt 'production value'/'creating something beautiful.'

Girls have grown a lot in the past year. All that time on the road together has provided them with ample opportunity to develop into a tight, fire-breathing band. That's exactly how they sound here: serious and totally devoted to their craft, despite their image as drug-addled scabs. Album's handmade production values were often overlooked-- bloodshot at just the right moments, polished thoughtfully in others, haunting at every turn. But this time out, bassist/producer Chet "JR" White really goes for it, letting every flourish and lick sing without sacrificing any of the strung out, open-armed spirit with which he and Owens take to updating American rock'n'roll standards.

Do u buy into Girls?
Do u dig their authentic sound?

[MP3]
Girls Heartbreaker

did u used to think they were gimmicky because they had a video where 2 gay dudes sang into eachother peens?
Does this mean they have finally broken thru the 'fuzzy buzzy bubble'?
Is it difficult for a band that sounds like 'vintage guitar rock' 2 break thru because every band kinda sounds like that and they all use vintage videos / images / album covers 2 promote themeselves on blogs?

It seems like the front guy was in a cult, so that's rlly all any1 talked abt in their first album cycle, so now they get to talk abt other stuff and ppl will actually listen to their music instead of thinking they are being recruited in2 a cult.

Girls frontman Christopher Owens grew up in the Children of God cult. His older brother died as a baby because the cult didn't believe in medical attention. His dad left. He and his mother lived around the world, and the cult sometimes forced his mother to prostitute herself. As a teenager, Owens fled and lived as a Texas gutter-punk for a while. Then a local millionaire took Owens under his wing, and Owens moved to San Francisco. There, he and Chet "JR" White formed Girls, and recorded Album, their debut album, under the influence of just about every kind of pill they could find.

As band origin stories go, this one is so epically sad and squalid and ultimately triumphant that nobody could make it up. It's the sort of story that can overwhelm a band so completely that you never really hear their music; you only hear the story.

Is Girls destined for 'AnCo Status' after their first album got a 9.1?

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Is the lead singer of Girls due for 'indie heart throb status' or 'Ariel Pink zany bro status'?
Is this EP the 'album of the year'?

Girls

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Girls is a buzzband from the San Francisco Bay area that writes fuzzy buzzy pop songs abt how girls broke their hearts.

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