ABBY GO GO
if you ain't got the faith don't make believe
Last week I finally caught Abby Go Go live, a band I had been hearing about for some time. They do the gritty garage rock retro thing that is so hip in this city these days without falling in the common pitfall of sucking too hard. They flesh out the psychedelic strains of that sound well, reminiscent of brethren bands The NEC and All The Saints. I found myself really loving the more jammed out sections, especially the instrumental they closed their set with. The more pop structured parts the band employs are bit too derivative and forgettable for me, but this outfit certainly has plenty of potential and talent to build on.
Speaking of good bands who play live often, Abby Go Go headlined and put on their expected good show. If you dig guitar-heavy indie rock songs and the mandatory lengthy show-closing instrumental, you'll love Abby Go Go. They will soon have a split 7" with The Carnivores and a trip to New York with The N.E.C. under their belts, so things are looking up for this band.
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