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Morning After Girls

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The Velvet Underground, Sonic Youth, Jesus and Mary Chain, the Byrds and some hippies on acid all had a roll in the hay in the Aussie Outback, and nine months later, out popped the Morning After Girls. Much of the Girls' strength lies in their wearily sexy vocals and swirling bed of guitars, strings and harmonies. My love for the Morning After Girls began with their first EP, which features fuzzed out guitars, the dueling vocals and songwriting of Sacha Lucashenko and Martin Sleeman and lots of tambourine. From opening track "Straight Through You," which would have fit perfectly in between the Mamas and the Papas and Buffalo Springfield at Monterey Pop Festival '67 to final track "Lazy Greys" with it's whispered count-in and gorgeous boy-girl harmonies, the EP is a 5-track introduction to a band that leaves you gagging for more.

The first track I heard off of EP 2 was through the video for "Hi Skies," which you can check out at their site, and I couldn't believe what I heard (or saw). On this track the opening "Three Four" count-in is screamed, not whispered, and Martin's vocals leave familiar territory and jump into a perfect rock scream/growl. The second EP in its entirety fits remarkably well with the first. Lead track "Chasing Us Under" flows perfectly from "Lazy Greys," with its gorgeous cello line and delicate guitar parts. "Always Mine" always makes me turn up the record, with its opening feedback and propulsive drumming.

Even though this is 2 EPs smushed together, it is an amazing introduction to this band.

Caution-
This band will take your brain on a drug-induced heroin ride, leaving your physical body behind in a quaking pile of flesh. What are you waiting for? Bombs away baby!

this cd is fantastic, I hadnt heard the morning after girls before I saw them open for BRMC. they put on a pretty amazing show, very much a wall of sound. the cd does the live experience pretty good justice, the songs are well written and have an exciting sound

The Morning After Girls, originally from Melbourne, but sounding as though they belong in Andy Warhol's Factory C. 1967, produce euphoric psychedlic pop music that sometimes has a harder, grungier edge. You'll like this CD if your collection includes The Velvet Underground, The Dandy's, BJM and others who aren't afraid to slap a tambourine against a thigh or introduce the odd harmonica solo over a sonic wave of surging, chiming guitars. The Warlocks do this in their 'Phoenix' EP for example (and it also works gorgeously!) but compared to the Warlocks there is something much more naive, shimmering and irridescent about the Morning After Girls - maybe its due to the sweetly harmonised vocals. The band's hazy, hung-over, nostalgic brand of noise is perfectly expressed in songs such as Run for Our Lives (watch the video on you tube), Lazy Greys, Straight Through You and Chasing Us Under. The latter song is a standout, a luminously memorable summery jangle that will resonate warmly in your head for days. The song also hints at future ways this band might develop; not that they would probably ever abandon their devotion to the altar of the Velvet Underground, but they clearly have the musicianship to make some interesting musical statements of their own.

The Morning After Girls, an Australian band, are a bunch of guitars and a dollip of percussion. My definition of a rock band line up!

And while from Australia one might SWEAR that they're from the Pacific Northwest. The MAG's, as do I, worship at the Rock Alter of Anton and Courtney!LOL In fact as one of the other reviews for this cd correctly points out this disc could be a lost Dandy Warhol's record circa Rule OK and Come Down!

But don't take that comment to mean they stole the Dandy's sound. It's more the the alternating rocker/trippy ATTITUDE that is conveyed by The MAG's. They are musical brothers and sisters in arms.

Too bad Amazon (as of this writing) doesn't offer up sound clips, but suffice to say this is a collection of all out rockers and laid back psychedelia. "Always Mine" and "Run for Our Lives" are two stand out blasts.

The best song for me is "Chasing us Under." It's psychedelic soaked beauty! The only problem with the song, in fact the reason I gave the disc only four stars, is it could have, should have been longer. The perfect example of this is "Chasing Us Under." I love long tripped out songs, like the Dandy's "16 Minute Rave Up," any Warlocks jam, or Quarter After's "Too Much to Think About." "Chasing Us Under" should have been at least ten minutes. The song is still great, my favorite on the disc, but not long enough.

If you enjoy the Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Dandy's, The Out Crowd, The Warlocks, The Quarter After, Major Stars, Dead Meadow and/or Innaway then you NEED this record.

Saw them on KCRW website and was hooked. Not sure how to describe them (I would go on their website to listen to tracks), but they are something special. Catch their live show if you can, you won't be disappointed, full of energy, melodies, and good 'ol distortion.

Hearing the new Dandy Warhols new record a few months ago I was expecting to hear a cool rocking record. I heard this record and fantasized that I was hearing the great missing album by the Dandy Warhols. But no it was a collection of songs by an Australian band. "Run For Our Lives" is totally catchy and totally rocks. It's like early Warhols stuff. With "Hi-Skies" and "Hidden Spaces" the solid rock continues. There is no real let up. It combines dreamy vocals with psychedelic rock, some Stones and Byrds sounds thrown in. Another highlight is "Straight Thru You." The sound of 12-string guitars is amazing. The Morning After Girls are a band one should be on the lookout for this year.

interlude is a great song..

get this album !