Posted on November 15, 2008 - by Mark Zonda

Girlz

Last night I had the chance to see a live performance of a band from Oregon, possibly the closest thing next to Xiu Xiu: The Parenthetical Girls. It was their second time in Officina 49, and they thanked the audience for not having left the room like the time before. Cabaret-retro-pop in the topical mood of the cripto-frufru NY underground scene, the ambiguous Zac Pennington (mis)lead a band with the same ambitions of Velvet Underground too slobby to achieve a decent live performance, sounds, magnetism.

Great songs at their bow would help, but the band seems to care more about attitude and dressing than shooting power-arrows stright to the hearts. Zac tries his way costantly off the stage, by sitting in corners behind doors, staring at people with empty eyes while not pushing them pretending to be half-awake, panthomizes his songs while checking band’s merchandise. A little confuse? Maybe a great sleepwalker. Anyway. The last album is great, and I’m still in luv wiz Ratchy.

The open-act was by Spacepony, a band from Ravenna very close to Flaming Lips.

Pics of Spacepony and Parenthetical Girls

Spacepony Live
Parenthetical Girsl Live Pt.1
Parenthetical Girls Live Pt.2

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