Artist - God Help The Girl
Album - God Help The Girl
Released - 2009
Label - Matador
Genre - Indie Pop/Chamber Pop
Tracks:
Side One
Act of the Apostle
God Help The Girl
Pretty Eve In The Tub
A Unified Theory
Hiding Neath My Umbrella
Funny Little Frog
If You Could Speak
Side Two
Musician, Please Take Heed
Perfection As A Hipster
Come Monday Night
The Music Room Window
I Just Want Your Jeans
I'll Have To Dance With Cassie
A Down And Dusky Blonde
I will give you a little report on this band, just so you can become familiar with them:
The author of God Help The Girl is Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and he came up with the idea of writing a series of songs telling about the life of young girls and women which could be sung not by his group but female vocalists. Thinking about this project, he started writing new songs which were shelved for the time being; after some time the idea of arranging them in a logic whole and making a film occurred to him.
For those who are not even familiar with Belle and Sebastian, Stuart Murdoch's band, they are a great band. But the fact that he wrote a series of songs only females could sing and not his own band is empowering. The voices on this track are just amazing and I'd have to say that my favorite song on this record is I Just Want Your Jeans. I'm not even going to lie when I tell you I listened to this song for months, literally on repeat. Of course, that's when I was going through some heart break and confusion in my life, but it got me through it. Another great song is Funny Little Frog which to me talks about love and crushing on someone that causes you to have that funny little frog in your throat. A great selection of songs well written by a mastermind in his own right.
Enjoy!
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