STILL LIFE STILL - Girls Come Too
Monday, August 31, 2009 at 01:00PM 
They may be young, but they had to have known it was coming. As soon as this East York band inked a deal with influential indie Arts & Crafts and brought Broken Social Scene leader Kevin Drew in to help produce their debut, the tidal waves of comparisons to BSS were inevitable. I guess this review is kinda following suit as well, but truth be told, Still Life Still don't really sound that much like Broken Social Scene. I mean, sure, it's not like they're Coldplay or anything, and they've certainly nicked Drew's penchant for profanely tender lyrics and sexual double entendres. But if neither A&C or Drew were involved, I'd have linked them closer to the Tokyo Police Club model myself. But who cares about all that—is the record any good? Exuberant, endearingly sloppy yet tightly constructed and well-written, Girls Come Too is certainly an above-average slab of college radio-ready rock. And yet, like so many of its genre predecessors, its worthiness really comes down to the whims of the listener—in the mid-nineties, I thought St. John's/Halifax trio The Hardship Post were the bomb, but it was kind of hard to fault someone else for thinking it had all been done before; they just struck a chord with me. How Still Life Still will evolve is anyone's guess, but this is one honest, fun and giddy album. If you come to the party and check your cynicism at the door, you'll find only open arms and good times.
Reader Comments (2)
Hardship post are the bomb!
Agreed. They are the bomb. Bring it on, garbage truck!