"How in the hell did they turn up the hi-hat so breathy and crunchy loud
that your ear feels pressed between the metal and the snare drum?
Unhurried, sludge worthy even, the band crawls like a sly Neanderthal
discovering avant-blues. Imagine the tempo of the Chrome Cranks or the
Cramps or Jon Spencer on Quaaludes, but ever-sharp and razory still.
Choice cuts include the Led Zeppelin mash-up of sex dripping punk on
“Rorschack,” which festers like a wounded lover. By the way, what a
twisted, bad breathed play on words (Roar shack, Rorschach). It’s
primitive, orgiastic, dinosaur funk for the thriftsore hipsters.
Meanwhile, “The Shakes” begins with a drum part almost identical to Gun
Club’s “Watermelon Man,” while it insists that the singer is the one
that “should have died…” It’s a devolution, slow and magnetic, lumbering
and limber, heavy-handed, dramatic and groomed, yet also deliriously raw
and uncooked. It’s a balance that is so hard to pull off that few try,
without succumbing to Interpol art house pose, fakeloric rural rituals,
or Nick Cave goth blues hexes. There’s a stylized, monstrous beauty
here." Left of the
Dial
"Many EPs suffer from “wanting more” syndrome, but this one is made even
more infuriating on this front by the two non-songs. What you do get on
Secret Secret Secret Singles is absolutely thrilling, though, and it
will leave you not just wanting more, but begging for it. " DOA
"The straddling-the-line-between-lo-and-no-fi fuzzed-out
blues-inspired duo-rock of Boy/Girl interprets what the JSBX would have
been like on downers."3HivePick (http://www.3hive.com/)
"It seems the indie rock Friday we've been trying to keep
afloat lives to see another week...and in a big big way. Today's
featured duo are an incredible exercise in both reckless noise rock and
minimal needs where bells and whistles are concerned. Plenty of you
might make an obvious initial comparison to a certain Jon Spencer
project (minus the cheesy ego), just as I first did. That might be a
result of them using the same Manhattan practice basement many of
Spencer's previous bands and related artists inhabited at one time or
another. That likeness quickly faded as the vocals kicked me in the
stomach" 4casey4music - Listening Room
(http://milkmilk-lemonade.blogspot.com)
“Rorshack” is more
upbeat, which meshes well with Stiner’s impassioned voice. The emphasis
on guitar and sparse instrumentation make it sound a lot like a slightly
deranged White Stripes song. Cusack might actually be a more interesting
drummer than Meg White, but Boy/Girl clearly can’t match the Stripes’
deft riffs." Daily
Tarheal
"The New York-area duo Boy/Girl is a guitar/drums
outfit that's all about contradictions--they're straightforward but
spazzy, messy but stripped-down." Idolator
"...unexpected patterns across the complete span of the drum kit to give
this two piece a head-scratching appeal that alternately challenges and
charms in a tense exchange with the listener." The Deli Magazine
(http://www.thedelimagazine.com)
"L.A.'s aptly named duo
Boy/Girl hate comparisons to the White Stripes, and it's understandable
why: Aside from the gender breakdown of the band, the similarities are
few. Sure, the girl (Lisa Cusack) plays drums while the boy (Eric
Stiner) sings and plays guitar, but the two prefer to inject
throat-ripping vocals and no-wave rhythms into their blues redux, thank
you very much. The duo is all intensity, smashing drums and cacophonous
guitars. DC9
This is a very short EP
consisting of five tracks ("Alcohol and Certain Medications," "The
Shakes," "Stare to the Sun," "Kill Kill Kill," "Rorshack"). Boy/Girl is
the duo consisting of Eric Stiner and Lisa Cusack. The songs on this EP
are noisy and gritty...and seemingly fueled by sexual tension and
psychedelia. In some ways, these folks' music is reminiscent of Patti
Smith's first couple of albums (the guitars and vocals are particularly
similar at times). While the overall tone is rough and ragged...Stiner
and Cusack provide substance that makes the listener want to come back
for repeated doses. Hard to come up with an overall feeling about a band
based on such a tiny initial dose...but we are initially impressed with
what these folks are doing... (Not Rated)
Baby Sue
"I often find two-pieces
lacking in a fullness of sound. Of course, sometimes this works to a
band's advantage, if it fits the music well. Such is the case with
boy/girl, made up of Brooklyn's Eric Stiner (boy) and Jersey City's Lisa
Cusack (girl). The word "spazz" or "spazzy" seems to get thrown around a
lot when talking about them, but I don't really get full-on "spazzocity"
or "spazzmasms" from them -- instead I feel dysfunction, but in a good
way. So there you have it: dysfunction rock." City Belt - Day Job
(http://citybelt.typepad.com)
Boy/Girl: An unfamiliar name. Mid-tempo, fairly arty, slightly noisy indie rock. I want to say that if it was the mid to late ‘90s, and Sub Pop was based in Hoboken or Jersey City, this band would be on that label. Razor Cake
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