The PeΔrls – The PeΔrls (2013) review
The PeΔrls “The PeΔrls” (Rijapov 2013)
This Italian imprint’s brief meteoric
flight across the musical landscape resulted in a dozen 7” singles and EPs
between 2006-2009. Now they’re back with a vengeance (and a self-deprecating,
Stiff-inspired slogan: “Record label of poor quality and bad taste”),
delivering their first 12”, courtesy Milano’s female garage pop duo, The
PeΔrls. The gals (guitarist Simona from Thee Bomb-o-nyrics and drummer Stella
from The Sensibles, although they prefer the sobriquet “StellOna”) deliver
minimalist, lo-fi pop stompers (in English) that pack a lot more punch than one
might expect from six strings and a drum kit! “Shine A Light” and “Infinity
Call” add some interesting phasing effects to the proceedings (the latter even
boasts a bona fide guitar solo!), and Stella’s guitar lines bear a strange
luminescence reminiscent of early primitive pronouncements from The Cure, Fall,
et. al.
flight across the musical landscape resulted in a dozen 7” singles and EPs
between 2006-2009. Now they’re back with a vengeance (and a self-deprecating,
Stiff-inspired slogan: “Record label of poor quality and bad taste”),
delivering their first 12”, courtesy Milano’s female garage pop duo, The
PeΔrls. The gals (guitarist Simona from Thee Bomb-o-nyrics and drummer Stella
from The Sensibles, although they prefer the sobriquet “StellOna”) deliver
minimalist, lo-fi pop stompers (in English) that pack a lot more punch than one
might expect from six strings and a drum kit! “Shine A Light” and “Infinity
Call” add some interesting phasing effects to the proceedings (the latter even
boasts a bona fide guitar solo!), and Stella’s guitar lines bear a strange
luminescence reminiscent of early primitive pronouncements from The Cure, Fall,
et. al.
“Walking”
has an alluring, Shonen Knife naiveté and “Reality Is My Dream” (false starts
and all) cuddles up inside your head like a cobra poised to attack at the very
fibre of your pleasure dome. Simona puts some surfy twang on that thang in
closer “Safe Escape”, which wouldn’t be out of place at a B-52’s reunion. In
short: wonderfully sloppy, juvenile,
garage rock for Generation Y that defines what fun is all about in the 21st
century. We need more bands like The PeΔrls to shake us up and wipe the musical
cobwebs and doldrums out of our heads.
has an alluring, Shonen Knife naiveté and “Reality Is My Dream” (false starts
and all) cuddles up inside your head like a cobra poised to attack at the very
fibre of your pleasure dome. Simona puts some surfy twang on that thang in
closer “Safe Escape”, which wouldn’t be out of place at a B-52’s reunion. In
short: wonderfully sloppy, juvenile,
garage rock for Generation Y that defines what fun is all about in the 21st
century. We need more bands like The PeΔrls to shake us up and wipe the musical
cobwebs and doldrums out of our heads.
Review made by Jeff Penczak/2013
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