Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

The received wisdom is that certain labels can do no wrong. Factory, Creation, Warp, Sub-Pop: these were / are surely more cultural bastions than commercial enterprises, forging ahead on the good ship of impeccable taste, never failing to spot genius in the making and doing it all for us so we don't have to.

With a roster containing amongst others The Cribs, Bloc Party and Conor Oberst, you could argue that a similar logic applies to Witchita. You'd be wrong of course, because based on OCD Go Go Girls, the Lovvers are about to prove that even imprint supremo Dick Green and his A&R team are fallible after all.

How does it sound? Like it was recorded inside a shed - excluding the pointlessly mystifying use of a rolling timpani on the intro - with child like riffs copied from "Let's Play Indie Punk #101" and distorted vocals that resemble two crackheads screaming the contents of a Chinese menu at each other across Times Square.

Tellingly, they've toured with other lo-fi micro-micro scene acts like Times New Viking, and Witchita would like us to believe that they're the very spirit of '76's talent-optional DIY aesthetic. But for every New Order, there was a Shark Vegas. For every Aphex Twin, there's been a Maximo Park. So please Dick, pull the other one.

The lo-est of fi. Not for music lov(v)ers.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

Hilarious. I almost want to find a copy now, just to hear how bad it can really be... but I think I'll take your word for it, instead.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

I don't think it's all that bad. Loooo-fi certainly is an aqcuired taste, but then so is high-end production.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

Nice one - Highly amusing, and a decent bit of detail on the actual song itself.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

Oooh is that another dig at the Lovvers review?

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

^Whaa? Not to my knowledge, anyway...

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

Just kidding dude.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

I like the idea of someone actually recording two crackheads on Times Square screaming a Chinese menu and then adding guitar on the recording.

Nice review.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

Perhaps Chris could try that when he moves to NYC next year.

Re: Lovvers - OCD Go Go Girls [Single]
 

I will try my best to make that a reality.