The 60’s girl pop of The Like is back
Album Review: I am a little late to the game to this group but in the grand skeem of things not really because The Like is retro gal 60’s pop in the vain of She & Him via Downtown Records. Certainly paying great homage to the genre as this music borrows nicely from that whitegirl mo-town sound but without the bee-hive hair-dews. Honestly not much has changed but that is ok! They are just re-spinning but knowingly with the right twists, so it comes across as super fun peppy music relying more so on vocal hooks than guitars and some good bass riffs. I owe it (again) to Michael Shelly from WFMU for spinning their 2010 album Release Me on his show recently. There’s not a lot experimentation and the lack of women’s lib is not the point with this stuff. Music would be dead if the Spice Girls ever sounded like this so lets keep this as our little secret ok? This is more honest make-out music and totally empowered by their sharp feminine Brit accents. These are pretty sexy songs fit for any Russ Meyers films where girl trouble could mean a myriad of naughty things and maybe less fights but anyway here’s to my curator and me as yours. Enjoy The Like and some others for your girl’s mix below.
Walk Of Shame MP3 by The Like from Release Me [Buy]
Sorta sounds like these bands:
Sweet Darlin’ MP3 by She & Him from Volume I
52 Girls MP3 by the B-52’s (1979)
From Your Girl MP3 by The Muffs
Fairytale in the Supermarket MP3 by The Raincoats (1979)
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