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Golden Grrrls - New Pop 7”

Chris Devotion & The Expectations - Amalgamation & Capital (album)

Trailer Trash Tracys - Ester (album)

Throwing Up - Mother Knows Best 7”

Howling Wolf - Complete Chess Masters 1951-60

The Ketamines - A Rotten Bond/1 Yr (from Oddbox Singles Club Pt 2)

Cardinal - Hymns (album)

Proper Ornaments - Taking the Gamble Out of Buying 12”

Darren Hayman - January Songs (album)

Various: Marshall Teller EP 12”

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The Girls At Dawn
It’s The Only Time Captured Tracks 12"

Article written by Ged M - Jan 12, 2010

At some point we’ll get cheesed off with scratchy lo-fi indiepop from Brooklyn but it won't happen yet, not with the latest release from The Girls At Dawn. It’s pop stripped down to its constituent elements and the way they meander around a melody with a charming vagueness is breathtaking. Their simple, understated sound is really interesting; rather than an absence of production, each instrument and singer is so distinct you feel that you could reach into the speaker and touch each of the lean but tough sinews that hold their songs together: Erin's reluctant guitar, Sarah’s softly pattering drums, Ana’s gently pulsing bass and their dreamy collective voices. ‘It’s The Only Time’ is catchy minimal post-punk with surf-style guitar and a bubbling psych-pop sound while ‘Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday’ is a New York girl-group drama, voices in harmony as their hearts break in Shangri-Las style: "I can still see your face when I close my eyes". However we feel about the fruits of Brooklyn recording studios, there’ll always be a place in our hearts for fuzzy pop as good as this.

Links:
http://capturedtracks.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thegirlsatdawn