New Video: Girls, "Substance"
You never want to go for the flavor of the month—but I'm predisposed to like current indie-scene hero Christopher Owens of the San Francisco duo Girls because he reminds me of Jason Mewes, who plays the lovable doofus Jay in the Kevin Smith movies. And then the guy can also write these gorgeous melodies and sing all stuffed-up-and-stoned but still so heartbreakingly like he does on this clip of his song "Substance," up at Pitchfork, and-what're you gonna do? I'm all in. Plus, look how charming!
Thanks for this! I think these guys were in Interview a few months ago and I totes never followed up on listening to them.
Was going to cut scraggly hair–now no. Was going straight home–now going to bricks n' mortar record store for ('Album') CD. Thanks.
Just gonna be the first one here to say fuck this band. Later.
yeah, the world did not need another "deep dude in the dorm who's just so, like, misunderstood." blecccchh.
That said, I am very pro-Mewes. Just thinking about his version of Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People" makes me cackle to this day.
I do not care either way, but, um, these guys write deeply ironic songs. Please listen better.
Respect for what you feel, I just don't get that at all. I get blissed-out West coast retro-feel jangly guitar pop-rock.
Well said.
The lyrics? Are totally "deep dude in the dorm." The number of times that I've heard them described with terms like "vague but resonant" by dude rock writers (who I like! and respect!) only affirms my point.
"I get blissed-out West coast retro-feel jangly guitar pop-rock."
This is not fundamentally different than “deep dude in the dorm who’s just so, like, misunderstood.â€
They both deserve an acoustic guitar to the face.
FYI: Drudge on percussion in the YouTube vid.
Complain all you like, the teenagers are the ones who count and they are going to swoon in droves. Or, in one giant drove.
(I think the song is very lovely, and sweet, but I don't count either because I am a haggard ex-Goth from the age of the trilobites.)
The teenagers are too busy hanging out at Brokencyde's MySpace page. Which is why you should fear for the next generation!
I would, except that they are about 1000000x smarter than I was at their age.
Also I hadn't realized that this is the same band with the "I wish I had a boyfriend" song that seriously, you really have to be pretty bilious not to like that song.
I just learned that the singer was raised by the Children of God!!! Good lord.
You want charming, Bry? My friend directed the video for their single "Laura," shot entirely on four Mattel Vidster cameras.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5Oa6ih0kgA
It's a LOVELY video.
This is some fucked up shit. Worse than socialism. It's painful, make it stop, hey h-eea-eaaa-uewhey