There has been an incredible amount of hype over the new duo, Girls. Today, for the first time, I sat down and watched their music video for their single, “Lust for Life,” and I honestly cannot say I’ve been so impressed with a song and video in a very long time. The song is beautiful and strange, the lyrics are real and from the heart, and Christopher Owens eerie voice is the perfect topping to this delicious cake. Owens uses effects that make his songs sound like they are coming out of 1969 instead of 2009, which adds to the perfection of this new masterpiece.

Owens and bandmate, Chet Jr White, have produced the best thing to be released in years. Owens sings these sad, heartbroken songs of wishing for happiness, love, and the end of loneliness. In the track, “Hellhole Ratrace,” Owens says, “I’m all alone with my heartache and my good intentions.” Owens seems like a man who is lost, lonely, and begging for someone to love him. It adds to the charm of the album: the sadness radiates through every song and makes you fall in love with this man you’ve never seen or met before. Somehow every song makes you feel nostalgic for a time and place that never existed. And despite every track being drenched in the sounds of depression, they all make you want to dance. Listening to this album makes you smile whether you want to or not. The beats to the songs make you want to move in a way you never have before. You want to see the world differently and make everything feel better somehow. There’s something beautiful in the strange simplicity of the Girls’ sound. You’ll dance, you’ll sing, you’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and most of all, you’ll find something to believe in.

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