Girls in Trouble at Café Orwell
Jul 5, 2010 at 8:15 PM Café Orwell
By: Joseph Mulkerin
Girls in Trouble, an acoustic folk act with some vague religious references in their lyrics, describe themselves as “post biblical art pop.” They’re a four-piece led by singer/songwriter Alicia Jo Rabins (who also plays violin in the klezmer punk band Golem) with two acoustic guitars, upright bass, drums, and accordion, and I saw them at Café Orwell in Bushwick. Musically they have a variety of influences, on the surface basically sounding like a mainstream alt-rock act, although the accordion and upright bass provided for something of a klezmer/middle eastern feel and melodies, especially on songs like “I Was A Desert,” which has a very spacious feel and opens with an epic drum intro. Lyrically the band has religious undertones, with most of the songs being told from the perspective of women in the bible, though most aren’t overtly obvious. Rabins originally started the band as part of a college thesis, and she has said in an interview with Canadian newspaper The National Post that she was attracted to many of the biblical themes more from a literary perspective than anything, and ended up incorporating them into her music. The variety of sounds in their music created a unique feel that made the performance quit engaging, and the lyrical content worked well for dramatic and aesthetic purposes.
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