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Some Girls
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All My Friends Are Going Death
Deathwish Inc.
Release: 2/17/2004
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Rated:
Review by:
Matthew Nanes
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There are people waiting for the day for punk rock in its
truest form to return. Some may say it's already dead. I
guess someone didn't tell Some Girls, a genre bending
punk-grind super group featuring members of Give Up The
Ghost and The Locust. The sound they create is a mixture
between the two bands, melding Give Up The Ghost's punk
urgency and The Locust's pure insanity.
One aspect of their music that separates them from other
grind bands is Wes Eisold's trademark doom and gloom
lyrical stylings, which have been getting more optimistic in
Give Up The Ghost. With that being said, something must
have definitely made him not want to take his medication.
Lyrics like "One request: leave me the fuck alone" (on "Up
To Our Hips") and "If you love something, set it free/Well I
love my life and I'm getting rid of me" (on "All My Friends
Are Going Death"), feature the bleakest writings Eisold has
ever written since the first Give Up The Ghost seven-inches.
Not to say Wes' lyrics are sophomoric, they have never been
more brutally honest and full of passion. He is coming close
to being in the same league as Trent Reznor, Henry Rollins
and 80s hardcore punk lyricists with his stark observations
and bleak outlook. It's almost like reading Jack Kerouac if he
was diagnosed with manic depression.
Musically, Some Girls aren't doing anything ground-breaking.
For being in the musical climate they are in, where punk and
hardcore are becoming gradually stale, the album is like a
one-two punch to the gut with the album only being little
over seventeen minutes long. It doesn't give you enough
time to realize what actually hit you. The best songs on
All My Friends Are Going Death are the ones
that blaze through with time-warp speed but slow down
enough during the half-minute duration of the song to catch
your attention like "Aligula" and "The Rains." Even a truthful
cover of The Stooges' "No Fun" is a welcome surprise,
blending in well with the rest of the album's
insanity.
If anything, this album should remind you that punk is not
dead; it just needed some passion and genre-bending. This
is essential listening for fans of Black Flag, Give Up The
Ghost, The Locust or punk rock. |
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