Grab That Gun:The Organ

Title: Grab that Gun

Label: Mint

Genre: 80s post-punk throwback

Rating: 5.8 of 7

So, what happens when five cute girls from Canada get together for a slumber party, but instead of doing each other’s hair and gossiping, they discuss the influential aspects of the Smiths and Throwing Muses while picking apart their songs on guitar, bass, etc? You get another hyped Canadian band that puts out a decent record chock full of 80s post-punk influences. Grab that Gun is the ladies first release, and it has come to much acclaim (as did their first EP, Sinking Hearts. The album is made up of reverb heavy, angular guitar lines, an underlying organ that plays as the counterpart to the bass line and Katie Sketch’s voice, that was simply made for the 80s post-punk era.  An overall pretty good effort, but the band is still young and needs to develop their heavily influenced sound into their own.  I would keep an eye on this band… and not just because of the members.

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