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Track Listing
1. Basstation
2. All the Rage
3. 300 Looks For the Summer
4. Tweaker
5. Miami Skyline
6. Resonance
7. Bff
8. Kicking the Lights
9. One Perfect Thing
10. Come Down, The
11. Let It Breathe
| Details | | Producer: | Ted Nicoley | | Distributor: | Alternative Dis. Alliance | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Girls Against Boys: Scott McCloud (vocals, guitar, sampler); Eli Janney (vocals, keyboards, bass, sampler); Johnny Temple (bass); Alexis Fleisig (drums).
Girls Against Boys: Scott McCloud (vocals, guitar); Eli Janney (vocals, keyboards, bass guitar); Johnny Temple (bass guitar); Alexis Fleisig (drums).
Recording information: Mission Sound, Brooklyn, New York (2001).
Four years after their disappointing major label debut, 1998's FREAKONICA, Girls Against Boys return with YOU CAN'T FIGHT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE, their first album for the emo stalwart Jade Tree Records and a much more successful marriage of pop sheen and the punky grind of their earliest recordings. FREAKONICA tilted too far into the mainstream and ended up sounding like Garbage with a male singer and less interesting hooks. However, YOU CAN'T FIGHT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE starts from the same Fugazi/Superchunk-oriented guitar rock as the band's earlier albums (especially apparent on "300 Looks for the Summer") but adds a little Jesus and Mary Chain-style (DARKLANDS-era) pop sense to songs like "BFF" and "Miami Skyline." There's also a subtle but effective use of electronics and loops throughout. The best tracks, "Tweaker" and "All the Rage," are simultaneously powerfully noisy and hook-filled and accessible, making YOU CAN'T FIGHT WHAT YOU CAN'T SEE one of the most satisfying and enjoyable albums of the band's career.
Industry Reviews
...Solid evidence that GVSB still have greatness in them...
CMJ (05/20/2002)
...Song after song hurts in that oh-so-right way...
Magnet (06/01/2002)
8 out of 10 - ...GVSB have returned with...their trademark angular bass and guitar anchorage [that] has been stripped straight down to the bone marrow...
Alternative Press (06/01/2002)
6 out of 10 - ...GVSB's often melodic noise...thanks to emo, exists less in weird isolation...and the band seem heading dangerouly close to getting what they deserve.
NME (04/13/2002)
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