So they do still exist after all. American all-female bands who have absorbed the music of recent decades and know exactly how to incorporate it perfectly into their songs. The Death Valley Girls are one such band, and today they’re releasing their new album, Welcome To Earth. They have largely left their psych-pop phase behind them, and the seventies meet the eighties, with harmonizing female vocals meeting driving guitars, and right in the middle of it all, a saxophone that winds its way through the sound.
At times, it sounds as though Bananarama are in the studio with a heavy metal band, or as though the B-52’s are having a go at glam rock. All in all, it’s a lovely album that will hopefully be listened to more often.
