Unlike many current post-punk worshipping bands, locals Hard Girls steer away from the angular guitars, jagged rhythms and affected vocals-instead maintaining an intense, ear-splitting punk rock energy, the kind that bands like Black Flag and Bikini Kill have brought to sweaty basement shows for decades. The difference is that Hard Girls go for more complex chords and song structuring than most punk bands. They draw on eclectic influences: '70s post-punk (Television, The Fall), early '90s indie-rock (Pavement, Silkworm) and raw, aggressive pop-punk (Jawbreaker, Jawbox). Their song "Major Payne," for instance, brings together a hard and heavy punk rock verse, a wordless anthemic chorus and a long instrumental space-jam outro. (Aaron Carnes)
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Unlike many current post-punk worshipping bands, locals Hard Girls steer away from the angular guitars, jagged rhythms and affected vocals-instead maintaining an intense, ear-splitting punk rock energy, the kind that bands like Black Flag and Bikini Kill have brought to sweaty basement shows for decades. The difference is that Hard Girls go for more complex chords and song structuring than most punk bands. They draw on eclectic influences: '70s post-punk (Television, The Fall), early '90s indie-rock (Pavement, Silkworm) and raw, aggressive pop-punk (Jawbreaker, Jawbox). Their song "Major Payne," for instance, brings together a hard and heavy punk rock verse, a wordless anthemic chorus and a long instrumental space-jam outro. (Aaron Carnes)
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