All Girl Summer Fun Band - 2
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The boring, yet functionally titled sophomore effort from this equally aptly named combo is, to coin a phrase, "the perfect cure for the Summertime Blues." These chipmunk-sounding cuties are Tuuli, Manda & The Marbles, Josie & The Pussycats, and the Go-Go's all rolled into fourteen blasts of fresh air—most under two minutes. The subject matter is also several notches above the typical sick-cow, love-scorned, teenage angst, with paeons to the late "Jason Lee:" "You're doing kickflips in my dreams;" requests for their boyfriends to buy them a cute "Grizzly Bear" to "roll around with in the yard" and songs about going speechless in front of a cute guy ("Inarticulation"). The gorgeous harmonies and somnambulist sway on the melancholic, downbeat "Daydreaming" transcends the cupie-doll genre and the synth swash on "Video Game Heart" is the perfect touch for this tale of love and jealousy, as is the vibratoed surf-guitar opening to "Parallel Park," a location, not a driving maneuver.
It's all presented with a high energy, teeny-boppers-on-estrogen-poppers flair that begs to be screaming from convertibles everywhere this summer. Fans of Nikki and The Corvettes and girl group power pop unite! This summer's soundtrack to your lives has arrived.
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