Showing posts with label donnas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label donnas. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2020

Get Skintight, the Donnas

Currently doing one album for each year, 1960-2020. Today: 1999.  Prince?  Not Prince.

Get Skintight, the Donnas, 1999, :38

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

The rough, raw sound of rebellious teen girls mostly re-writing "Bad Reputation" over and over. No angst, but all grrl power with a confident strut. "Now the neighbors are around says turn that shit down / I'm not breakin' the law / I wanna break your jaw." No singing lessons required. Nor are complex lyrics — "I Didn't Like You Anyway" is a feisty puerile kiss-off. It's great! Favorite tracks: "Party Action," Too Fast For Love," "Zero."

Apart From the Crowd, Great Buildings

Apart From the Crowd , Great Buildings, 1981, :40 ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Solid jangle-pop from a now largely-forgotten group featuring two guys who went ...