{"id":1104,"date":"2014-03-25T10:50:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-25T14:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2014-03-31T09:29:50","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T13:29:50","slug":"pins-girls-like-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/pins-girls-like-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Pins <br>Girls Like Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pins-girls_like_us.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1105\" alt=\"Pins, Girls Like Us\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pins-girls_like_us.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pins-girls_like_us.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/pins-girls_like_us-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>In the title track to Pins\u2019 debut, <i>Girls Like Us<\/i> (Bella Union), it\u2019s easy to hear a post\u2013riot grrl rallying cry that also points back to luminaries like Au Pairs and Slits while screaming out in self-definition. But though this Manchester four-piece is comprised entirely of the fairer sex, it would be foolhardy to think this band is defined entirely by its gender. Indeed, <i>Girls Like Us<\/i> is a record every bit as ballsy as those being made by the group\u2019s male contemporaries, and in many cases, more so.<\/p>\n<p>Pins obviously take some cues from the C86 era, as well as the benchmarks of Creation&#8217;s heyday, but their interpretations are so invigorated that one quickly forgets to spot the influences. \u201cI Want It All\u201d is propelled by a cave-stomping backbeat, while the meshed guitars of Faith Holgate and Lois Macdonald quickly pick up steam to bring the song to a clamorous climax. \u201cWaiting for the End\u201d is more straightforward but no less effective, as the band whips up a couple of hooks and a cooed melody for two minutes of guitar-pop bliss.<\/p>\n<p>Recorded in a week, the album only suffers for lacking the kind of dynamics needed to capture the full impetus of the band\u2019s output. When Holgate screeches the title refrain of \u201cMad for You,\u201d it sounds measured and not the cry from the brink of sanity that it should be, while a few other songs sound flat in comparison to how they\u2019re rendered live. But one also has to suspect such a quick production schedule engendered the bristling energy of songs like \u201cLost Lost Lost\u201d and \u201cStay True.\u201d With such moments counterbalanced by the moodiness of \u201cPlay with Fire\u201d and \u201cVelvet Morning,\u201d the record\u2019s visceral range makes up for any sonic shortcomings. 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