{"id":2468,"date":"2017-04-21T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T10:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-post-war-glamour-girls-swan-songs\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T10:15:23","slug":"review-post-war-glamour-girls-swan-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/review-post-war-glamour-girls-swan-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Post War Glamour Girls – Swan Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Now on their third album, Leeds\u2019 Post War Glamour Girls<\/b> continue to purvey their own uncompromising brand of jagged post-punk on \u2018Swan Songs\u2019<\/i>. The band display the same inordinate amount of workmanship and passion in their craft, even if little has changed from their previous work.<\/p>\n

There is a slight progression, as much of this album opts for a more refined, subdued songwriting approach, with the eerie acoustic guitars on ‘Gull Rips A Worm\u2019<\/i> and the slow build of ‘Organ Donor\u2019<\/i>. ‘Golden Time\u2019<\/i> fully explores darker textures, becoming especially haunting when creepy synths are added about three-quarters of the way into the track.<\/p>\n

But when they want to be, PWGG<\/b> are still pleasantly bombastic, as opener ‘Guiding Light\u2019<\/i> combines an upbeat tone, noisy guitars and vocalist James Smith\u2019s best Ian Curtis impression to create something that\u2019s slightly more than the sum of its parts. ‘Pollyanna Cowgirl\u2019<\/i> is an album highlight that strikingly pairs an icy, gothic atmosphere with a sing-along hook ripped straight from the ’80s and works remarkably well.<\/p>\n

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Swan Songs by Post War Glamour Girls<\/a><\/p>\n

The excellent vocal dynamic between Smith and Alice Scott is on full display on ‘Chipper\u2019<\/i> and ‘Welfare by Prozac\u2019<\/i>, although this characteristic isn\u2019t as prominent as it was on the band\u2019s other releases, which is a shame. The uninteresting ballad ‘Sea of Rains<\/i>\u2019 is another one of the album\u2019s few missteps.<\/p>\n

‘Swan Songs\u2019<\/i> ends on the sprawling, multi-faceted ‘Divine Decline\u2019<\/i>, which develops the spoken word elements introduced on ‘Pink Fur\u2019<\/i>\u2019s ‘Brat\u2019<\/i> , as well as highlighting Smith\u2019s impressive crooning voice, offering a break from harsher tones found throughout. While its bleak lyricism and apocalyptic atmosphere end the album on a remarkably depressing note.<\/p>\n

‘Swan Songs\u2019<\/i> isn\u2019t PWGG<\/b>\u2019s best work, but it shows the band continuing to charge down the path they carved out initially with ‘Pink Fur\u2019<\/i>, and is another great showcase of their talent.<\/p>\n

3.5\/5<\/p>\n

‘Swan Songs\u2019<\/i> by Post War Glamour Girls<\/b> is released on 21st April on Hide & Seek<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Post War Glamour Girls<\/b> links: Website<\/a>|Facebook<\/a>|Twitter<\/a>|Soundcloud<\/a><\/p>\n

Words by Alan Cunningham (@funeral_polis<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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