The Jealous Girlfriends

The Jealous Girlfriends

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 22, 2008)
• Original Release Date: April 4, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Last Gang Records
• ASIN: B0012IWIN6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #87,191 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great New Band- If you are like me and love to to say "I knew them before they were stars!", look no further., December 1, 2008

By	Kurt Tillmanns (Chicago, Illinois United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Jealous Girlfriends (MP3 Download)

Just saw these guys live and they were incredible! This album has something for casual listeners as well as discernible fans of great rock- melodic and passionate. I look forward to seeing their career take off!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NYC's best band in years and years, October 27, 2008

By	Mikey NYC (New York,NY) - See all my reviews

Superlative song-craft. Possibly... as good as it gets. How many records can you recount.... Where each and every cut = bona fide singles material?

As good as it gets, people.


believe.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the rumors about this album are true., May 27, 2008

By	Justin Stanley (Monmouth County, NJ USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

this is, indeed, a slab of shoegazer-esque goodness. if encountering the words "swirly" and "miasmic" (coupled with the phrase "wall of sound") in an album review make your eyes light up, you will no doubt enjoy this album. it's got that exact blend of soaring guitar atmospherics and twinkling melodies that make reviewers dig into their dictionaries and noise-rock aficionados nudge their headphones just a little bit closer. but this is not formulaic by-the-books genre aping, the kind that a band offers up on their debut to get the attention of a few well-placed purveyors of hype. jealous girlfriends sounds like a band that come to the table with their sound fully formed. they fail to succumb to soporific stereotypes; this record is not on the ambien side of ambient. the swirls and miasmas are a backdrop to searing guitar work and tight, clever drumming. the vocals of mssr. abbott and madame miranda make for uneasy listening in the most complimentary sense of that turn of phrase. you get the sense you're listening to a series of confessions told to you separately by feuding lovers. maybe someone should offer josh and holly some couples therapy? nah, they sound good when they're arguing: moody & melodic and loud as hell. to re-iterate, you shouldn't let the burgeoning blogosphere buzz trick you into rejecting this album as a mere throwback to the good ole days when everyone was spacing out to mazzy star on their walkmen (no ipods back then, younguns.) jealous girlfriends are actually worth all the attention. and, you should buy their album and listen to it.