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The only thing I know about Toronto's Little Girls (aside from the fact that they have 3 promising songs up here) is that sometimes dropping a link to your 2-day-old myspace page in our comment section can result in having one of your songs given away for free right here on the blog:
http://gorillavsbear.blogspot.com/search/label/little%20girls
- Gorilla Vs Bear
McIntyre's atonal melodies and muddy vocals converge with clanging guitar chords and hypnotic, looped rhythms…Little Girls' surges of pop genius suggest they won't have to settle for worship from just the underground. - Exclaim
…riding the dirty wave of ultra lo-fi yet extremely melodic/endlessly hummable noise-pop that seems to be building right now comes Toronto's Little Girls - Gorilla v Bear
Tambourine starts with “Youth Tunes”. It’s probably the best rock song I’ve heard this year, despite everything working against it: McIntyre’s voice is incomprehensible, the music is repetitive, shapeless, and at the moment where one would expect a final repetition of the chorus, one gets a sample from some Frankenstein movie. … a work of near-religious catharsis. - Toro
Hearing some buzz with this band from Toronto called Little Girls.
Their full-length debut on Paper Bag Records won’t be out until October 13th and I got sneak peek on what they sound like.
Their music is instrumental minimalist/post-punk and abit of new wave.
They remind me of the band Women (who I adore) but more of the noise, distortion and less vocals.
I like the synth beats to Youth Tunes, Concepts and Thrills.
Some parts in the album does have the dark eerie creepy sound. While some parts has that late 80s-early 90s nostalgic guitar riffing sound.
Overall its a totally different unique sound for those that love post-punk music.
Go on a whim and say this album has a conceptual story of the bustling city of Toronto.
All eleven tracks range around the 2-3 minute mark.
Favorite tracks:
* Youth Tunes
* Tambourine
* Concepts
* Imaginary Friends
* Thrills
* Departure
* Last Call
* Growing
I am can’t wait to see them play Ottawa on September 25th at Cafe Dekcuf. - MW Music Review Blog
I just love when one of these emails lands in my inbox…
I have been blessed with an early copy of the Little Girls‘ Concepts release (10/13 on Paper Bag Records). It’s eleven tracks of lo-fi wonder that brings to mind thoughts of discovery of an unreleased Joy Division album. I said as much in my last post.
There are other influences at work here… Wire comes to mind for one, but Wire is really too far up the lo-fi ladder. Little Girls hover more around the lower rungs… more of a garage sound… but not to the extremes of the Cramps or the polish of The Jesus and Mary Chain. I could go on, but I can’t get away from the guitar work and how much it brings to mind the early work of Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook. Its an eerie resemblance, but very welcome one… and I’ll gladly take more. - That's This World Over
Discography
youth tunes/venom 7'' (Captured Tracks)
Thrills EP (Mexican Summer)
Concepts, 2009, Paper Bag Records
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Little Girls aka Josh McIntyre and co. are excited to announce the release of debut and proper album, Concepts, on Paper Bag Records on October 13th. After word started circulating earlier this year via some early blog attention from songs discovered on the band's MySpace and the subsequent release of their Tambourine EP and 12" on Brooklyn label Mexican Summer, the band are eager to showcase their history and unique sound. Concepts' eleven-tracks span from the very first Little Girls track ever written to brand new material. The album was recorded only at night in a home studio with most of the songs contributing to an ongoing theme of 'growing up.'
It all started when McIntyre recorded a few songs in his home studio as a side project in early 2009. Seeking the unbiased opinions from friends and musical peers he anonymously posted the music on the internet under the name "Little Girls," a name he believed least likely to reveal his identity. His influences come from the 80's no-wave post-punk scene, and the early 80's golden era of hip-hop. Equally influential are the late hip-hop artist J. Dilla, as well as Can, Joy Division, Wire, and The Clean. Other Little Girls releases have been handled by Mexican Summer and Captured Tracks. Since then, the band has played several dates with Japandroids, and was asked to perform at the Woodsist/Captured Tracks Festival in NYC alongside Crystal Stilts, Vivian Girls, Kurt Vile and Thee Oh Sees among others this past July. Little Girls will be playing a string of Canadian dates with Japandroids, Monotonix and Wavves (more to be confirmed) into the fall in support of Concepts' release.
"Most of the tracks on Concepts have a very nostalgic feel to them," says McIntyre. "The new record definitely has a darker tone to it compared to the Thrills EP; even the brighter songs still have dark undertones."
What people are saying about Little Girls:
McIntyre's atonal melodies and muddy vocals converge with clanging guitar chords and hypnotic, looped rhythms�Little Girls' surges of pop genius suggest they won't have to settle for worship from just the underground. � Exclaim!
�riding the dirty wave of ultra lo-fi yet extremely melodic/endlessly hummable noise-pop that seems to be building right now comes Toronto's Little Girls � Gorilla v Bear
Tambourine starts with �Youth Tunes�. It�s probably the best rock song I�ve heard this year, despite everything working against it: McIntyre�s voice is incomprehensible, the music is repetitive, shapeless, and at the moment where one would expect a final repetition of the chorus, one gets a sample from some Frankenstein movie. � a work of near-religious catharsis - Toro
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