Throwing Quarters: Girls | Album
A melodramatic back-story isn’t reason enough to regard Girls’ Album as one of 2009s best.
Against my best efforts I am unable to give an objective review of Girls’ Album. Thus this piece has been relegated “opinion” and should be read as such.
Where to start…
The good news is that of the albums I’ve reviewed so far from the top 50 of 2009, this is the first disappointing listen I’ve happened upon. It might be my affinity for pop music and polished production that keeps me from tolerating Album, but it might also be that this release is just a sloppy mess. I admit that low-fi isn’t my thing and that I put the utmost importance in a vocal performance that is musical, but even when lead singer Christopher Owens is in tune he sounds lazy and drugged. Again, I realize this is part of the mystique of such a record but I can’t in good conscience consider this album as one of 2009s best when it sounds like a ruination of true music.
A little more than a year ago I wrote about my growing taste for indie music…
