Everyone likes an all-grrl band, and we’ll say from the get-go that these Foreign Mothers are no exception to that maxim, especially when post-punk is your flavor. Hinting of The B-52s in both vox and guitar stroking, these gals push past that into more grungy environs, generating their own punk-rich sound.
"DUH" crackles with stripped-down, ripped-t-shirt verve; powered with cleanly-produced, head-bobbingly-good riffs, dance-friendly bass lines, and topped with excellent lyrical chops. Check out the blistering guitar thrash in "Orphan Crocodile", "Plan B", and "Like Our Parents Had", marvel at the verbage in "Love Song For Bill Paxton", and pogo-hop to the primitively-brilliant "Possesive/Plural".
But don’t take just our word for it – This one made AustinBloggyLimit‘s Best of 2012 List. And there’s a reason for that.
Go get it. Duh.
–Scott Osborn