One of the wonders of modern music is how there are always emerging new artists capable of using the familiar building blocks of chords, melodies and instrumentation to re-imagine old tropes in exciting new ways. To that end, no, San Francisco's Girls hasn't reinvented indie pop; the group simply draws on familiar touchstones. Its sound weaves the sunny melodicism of '60s California pop around shambling, psych-tinged arrangements, and delivers its songs with the bracing forthrightness of inaugural rock icons like Buddy Holly, melding its themes to an emotional innocence and vulnerability reminiscent of... More >>>