Girls Against Boys
Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby



Release Date: 1993 | Tracklist

Review Summary: 'Everybody stay nice go drive, everybody wanna live that sexy ride'

Girls Against Boys are a very cool post-hardcore band. They have a two bassist sound that matches their very cool sunglasses I imagine they wear. They are disaffected and distant. Their lyrics are cryptic. They are the epitome of 90s apathy and lethargy; their slower tracks have barely a hint of melancholy (expressing sadness is trying) and when they liven up they shout (or should I say loudly recite) ‘oh yeah’ or ‘come on’ or ‘uh huh’ with so little enthusiasm I imagine ladies must find them quite attractive. The guitarist and vocalist Scott McCloud has a raspy voice that has been likened to the late Mark E Smith of The Fall, although McCloud’s sprechgesang is less poetic (poetry is trying which isn't very cool). They do a post-hardcore sort of thing that is really just like an alt-rock band who like punk but hate trying (low on the dissonance) but make very good video game music for driving cars at high speed against other cars also at high speed through a city. I hope they try to never stop trying.



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Mort.
April 15th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

one paragraph reviews are back you stupid ugly losers

Drbebop
April 15th 2023


333 Comments


Not Metallica not listening

Mort.
April 15th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

never listened to a metallica lp never will

Drbebop
April 15th 2023


333 Comments


I don’t blame you

pizzamachine
April 15th 2023


27002 Comments


YES A ONE PARAGRAPH LUBE ME UP SCOTTY MORT REVIEW!

Mort.
April 15th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

in the words of girls against boys



'oh yeah'

Mort.
April 15th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

'never listened to a metallica lp never will'



oh shit apparently i lied



ive got master of puppets 2d

PotsyTater
April 15th 2023


10101 Comments


"one paragraph reviews are back you stupid ugly losers"

honestly just the first sentence would have sufficed

Mort.
April 15th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

christgau moment

pizzamachine
June 16th 2023


27002 Comments


2 many guitars in this album

Ryus
June 16th 2023


36547 Comments


"ive got master of puppets 2d" based

PotsyTater
June 16th 2023


10101 Comments


idk thats pretty fuckin high

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
July 24th 2023


16595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

great review

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
November 14th 2023


16595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

fun band

Valkoor952
November 25th 2023


4810 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Great album, great band

Valkoor952
November 25th 2023


4810 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

Also Pots, you should hear this. Or maybe go for House of GVSB.

GhandhiLion
November 25th 2023


17641 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound Off

Tropic of Scorpio needs more love

mryrtmrnfoxxxy
November 25th 2023


16595 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

agreed

Mort.
November 25th 2023


25062 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

yeah a band i very much need to do a whole discog check of

Valkoor952
November 26th 2023


4810 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

You need to, they don't really have a bad album and their "trilogy" (this, House of GVSB, Cruise Yourself) is fantastic. But I'm also really partial to YCFWYCS and Tropic of Scorpio. Even Freak*on*ica has some banger tracks.



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