1.10.2008

Like the Shangri-Las, only not at all

Quick, name your favorite band that's named after a Smiths song. Wait: not Pretty Girls Make Graves. Pick another one. Okay, you're supposed to say Girl in a Coma (like "Girlfriend in a Coma," get it? Get it?), but I'll forgive you for not knowing.

GIAC sport an out bass player in Jenn Alva and have this huge, summery sound that's a tiny bit priceless. Blast it with the windows down when you're having unseasonable, oh-hi-what-is-up-global-warming weather.

Bonus Round: I think I may love GIAC just a tiny bit more because they actually get compared to bands that have members of the dude variety. I don't ask for much, but I do ask that people who write about music for a living are able to get over the initial ZOMG A BAND THAT HAS ONLY THE WIMMENS shock enough to make an aural comparison that's based on something other than, you know, chromosomes.

Listen and love, just don't compare them to The Supremes:



Watch 'em in the video for "Say":