If
Factory Records had a branch set up in Glasgow, with the pre 'Sparkle
in the Rain' Simple Minds being asked to run it, then 'It Girl' would
probably be sound of the Clydeside based label.
They have
all the signature sounds of the bands who clawed their way to
national attention from the industrial landscape of Manchester, and
the additional attraction of maintaining some Scottish roots via the
swirling guitars that are layered over the seven tracks that are on
their debut.
'Your
mother and I' especially sounds like Joy Division meets Big Country,
but 'Neon Girl' is far more than a spot the influences debut.
(Although
you can have fun doing that as you pick out a bit of Wire here and
some GO4 there.)
Instead
it strangely feels like music of the moment, and that's probably
partially to do with the era we are living in and how it resembles
the times when the first post punk bands started to chronicle the
world about them in shades of grey, jagged guitar strokes and an
exploration of the synthesizer.
Austerity,
cuts and social unrest need a soundtrack just as much as a lazy
golden summer does, and it sounds like 'It Girl' are looking to
supply it.
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