Law of Inertia #11

Contrary to what my sometimes dense co-editor told you in his review of this band, I not only love the name of their band but I also think Pretty Girls are a very exciting band. Musically, the drumming is frenetically executed in a style very very similar to At The Drive-In to the point that some might very accurately accuse these guys and girl of ripping off the style thereof-but Pretty Girls Make Graves are for more concerned with discenrable hooks and melody than ATDI. Throughout this disc, there is a girl-boy vocal interplay that makes others like Rainer Maria seem downright sentimental by comparison. As a matter of fact, the vocals here remind me far more more of Blondie or Concrete Blonde than anything coming out of the Polyvinyl imprint. Overall, a very interesting punk CD. THis could be a band to watch. - Ross Siegel