 | Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost
3.8
excellent
| Ranking: #136 for 2011 | |
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| 4.0 excellent | Rudy K. EMERITUS | December 15th 11 |
It’s been said before, but it bears repeating: Christopher Owens, a genuinely fucked up individual by all accounts, writes some truly stellar pop music. People who dismiss Father, Son, Holy Ghost as a mere pastiche are doing themselves a disservice – Owens is the best young pop classicist in the business right now. What really sets him apart from his peers, though, is his totally guileless enthusiasm. He’s the type of front man who can give out a little yelp as the guitar buzzes back in on “Honey Bunny” and make it sound totally authentic, totally right. Which, incidentally, is how the rest of the record sounds. Combine that sincerity with the kind of ambitious song structures Owens has flawlessly constructed here, and maybe those Brian Wilson comparisons aren’t so far off now.
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| 4.5 superb | sklart | August 17th 11 |
the best girls record to date, too back they're a bunch of dicks.
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| 3.7 great | Erwann S. STAFF | June 22nd 21 |
Surely, Girls's mastermind Christopher Owens did his homework: Father, Son, Holy Ghost is a patchwork of everything remotely rock, a synthesis of what happened in guitar music since the end of WWII. While the record can be attacked for delving too much into revivalism, it does not sound like straight-up Beach Boys or Pink Floyd, updating their sound rather than reenacting it. Also the songs are, uh, good.
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| 3.8 excellent | Irving EMERITUS | December 7th 11 |
PINK FLOYD-LIKE CHORDS!!
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| 5.0 classic | Wildcatforever | September 17th 11 |
"Father, Son, Holy Ghost" is a definitive musical experience. While most musicians can only perfect one sound and in turn one song, Girls seem to have created a record that is as much a brief summary of modern music as it a superb album. The opening song "Honey Bunny" sounds like Beach Boyish 1960's pop, "Alex" sounds like Nirvana like apathetic grunge, "Just A Song" has a "Give Up The Ghost" kind of feel, "Die" is the simply complex metal song that most metal artists cannot even pull off, and "Vomit" is the culmination of all of these influences into one epic song. Owens uses his dysfunctional and unstable childhood and personal life to create a "historical" album that fans of just about any genre can relate to. And it seems like Girls will only get better with time.
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| 4.0 excellent | Sputniks #1 Cacti Hunter | September 13th 11 |
call me a fanboy, but i just cant get enough of this band, everything they do is just perfect to my ears
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 9th 24 |
| 3.5 great | sncold | February 9th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Corney | August 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | voff3 | March 25th 20 |
| 3.5 great | TwigTW | February 18th 18 |
| 3.5 great | hep | January 6th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | sws99 | October 27th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | October 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | Damus | October 3rd 14 |
| 3.0 good | jmh886 | April 12th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Greem | January 15th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | tarkus | January 10th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | PunkMoon | September 29th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | a7c7e7 | July 5th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Meruem | April 21st 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | J05H | February 23rd 13 |
| 3.0 good | Fort23 | February 22nd 13 |
| 3.5 great | tnd | February 16th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | zoso33 | February 12th 13 |
| 3.5 great | urzadek | December 17th 12 |
| 3.5 great | dwejkk | November 20th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | lou1000 | November 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zainish | October 25th 12 |
| 3.5 great | KAZUK | October 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Melanin | October 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | MtMoon | September 17th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | mx STAFF | September 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | junyi15 | August 28th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | bleath | August 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | iGuter | July 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | plato66 | March 15th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Tokamak | March 14th 12 |
| 3.0 good | Giles | March 5th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Filling | February 24th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | nwagner | February 10th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | iglu | February 7th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | feanaro | January 23rd 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gago | January 2nd 12 |
| 4.5 superb | pye3214 | December 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | JPaller | December 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | vivapo | December 25th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Zephir | December 24th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Smevin | December 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Titan50 | December 19th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | WBalls | November 30th 11 |
| 3.5 great | gosk8n | November 29th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | JoshieG | November 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Iai EMERITUS | November 26th 11 |
| 3.5 great | kingsoby1 EMERITUS | November 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Drawkcab | November 14th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | DrFraud | October 24th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 32left | October 22nd 11 |
| 2.5 average | Ritchie | October 11th 11 |
| 2.5 average | greg84 EMERITUS | October 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ECRbubs | September 23rd 11 |
| 3.5 great | Matski | September 22nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | September 22nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | thebhoy | September 22nd 11 |
| 3.0 good | mmadden | September 17th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | bab808 | September 16th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | wylpyl | September 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Rowdy | September 14th 11 |
| 3.5 great | cvlts | September 7th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | cuki92 | September 6th 11 |
| 3.5 great | flaffy | August 29th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | gRINN | August 27th 11 |
| 3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | August 21st 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | doqtor | August 19th 11 |
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