STREAM: “Past Tense”
[media] <iframe width=”100%” height=”166″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”no” src=”https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F74397527″></iframe>[/media]Glasgow-based indie-pop rockers Golden Grrrls share a brand new track from their upcoming self-titled debut on Slumberland Records. Listen to “Past Tense” over at SoundCloud.
Today the group also announced the East Coast leg of their US tour. Complete list of US and UK tour dates below.
Bio:
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.
UK Tour Dates
02/15 Brighton – West Hill Hall *
02/16 London – The Yard Theatre (Upset the Rhythm / Night School All-Dayer)
02/17 Leamington Spa – Zephyr Lounge *
02/18 Sheffield – Audacious Art Experiment Space *^
02/19 Wigan – Atomic Vintage ^
02/20 York – The Basement #^
02/21 Newcastle – Morden Tower ^
02/22 Glasgow – Stereo (Album launch show) ^
02/23 Manchester – Kraak *^
* = w/ Edible Arrangements
^ = w/ Sex Hands
# = w/ Mazes
US Tour Dates
03/20 Olympia, WA – Venue TBD *
03/21 Seattle, WA – Tractor ^
03/22 Seattle, WA – Black Lodge
03/23 Portland, OR – Doug Fir ^
03/26 San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop ^
03/29 Los Angeles, CA – Echo ^
03/30 San Diego, CA – Casbah ^
04/01 Boston, MA – Charlie’s
04/02 Easthampton, MA – Flywheel
04/03 New York, NY – Venue TBD
04/04 Philidelphia, PA – Vox Populi w/ Literature and Royal Shoals #
04/05 Arlington, VA – Comet Ping Pong ~
04/06 Baltimore, MD – The Bell Foundry
* = w/ Brilliant Colors
^ = w/ Veronica Falls and Brilliant Colors
# = w/Literature and Royal Shoals
~ = w/ Lorlelei
Golden Grrrls
Golden Grrrls
(Slumberland Records)
Street Date: February 26, 2013
Track list:
1. New Pop
2. Past Tense
3. Paul Simon
4. Think Of The Ways
5. Older Today
6. Take Your Time
7. Time Goes Slow
8. World Peace
9. Never Said Enough
10. Date It
11. We’ve Got…
GOLDEN GRRRLS LINKS:
Facebook – http://www.facebook.com/
Tumblr – http://goldengrrrls.tumblr.
Label – http://slumberlandrecords.