Review: Cheap Girls - Find Me A Drink Home

Posted on 8 October 2008 | 2 Comments

Filed Under: Album Reviews, Just Plain Rock

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How can something that is seemingly so simple be so damn awesome? There is nothing complicated about the 90’s indie sounds of Find Me A Drink Home and that’s part of the charm. Fuzzy but trebly guitars chime along, drums keep imperfect time, and the intonation on the bass just sounds ever-so-slightly off. And by pointing out the pimples of Find Me A Drink Home I’m saying that I absolutely love it. It is raw but not exactly lo-fi and punkish without being punk at all. Sure some will say that Cheap Girls just sound like any other mid-tempo alternative power-pop group and are indistinguishable from their peers, but they can’t see the forest for the trees. This is “drinkin’ beer from a can at a house party with your best girl sorta music”.

I don’t know a whole lot about the Lansing, Michigan power-pop trio Cheap Girls except that this is one heckuva a debut record. The melodies are simple but memorable and it rocks in a Northeastern sorta way like pre-Lovey-era Lemonheads (but with a bit more muscle), Dinosaur Jr., Superdrag, or even Bob Mould’s Sugar. Rough-around-the-edges and a little sloppy but even more endearing because of its flaws. The flaws are non-flaws and actually positives in my book. Throughout the whole of Find Me A Drink Home Cheap Girls don’t really mix it up a whole lot, but they really don’t have any reason to. The band sticks with what works; their earnest and straightforward power-pop that is energetic yet relaxed and loud as fuck but catchy as hell. Some records just have “it” and this one unquestionably does so pick up the LP, CD, or head over to Quote Unquote Records and pay what you like for the record, but pay something. Find Me A Drink Home is worth your green. RIYL: Smoking Popes, Lemonheads, etc…

MP3 | Cheap Girls – Kind Of On Purpose Find Me A Drink Home
MP3 | Cheap Girls – Stop Now Find Me A Drink Home