TERROR AT THE OPERA
Snake Bird Blue
Have you noticed how Detroit currently has this 'shimmery 50s/60s pop' scene? Bands like Saturday Looks Good To Me, the Alphabet, Slumber Party . . . okay, I've never heard Slumber Party, but I wouldn't doubt they have a little of that classic girl group sound. This album certainly has it, and it features Gretchen Gonzales, who is a member of Slumber Party, as part of a duo with another woman by the name of Faith Gazic. They're basically a guitar and accordion duo, with I guess some keyboards and drum machines and a whole lot of shimmer, and both sing in voices semi-wasted and a little cynical but also undeniably sweet. It's a good record.

Larry "Fuzz-O" Dolman, Blastitude #18