THE PERFECT SUMMER SOUNDTRACK
Sweeping piano melodies, haunting
strings, ethereal vocals… Wait, this is a rock band? Yep. Superchick is
back. After three years void of new studio content, the girl-powered
innovators have emerged with an album so good it virtually
demands
listening. Don’t get the wrong idea, though, they’re here to rock.
Tracks “Rock What You Got,” “Alive” and “Cross the Line” rely on the
hefty guitar riffs that Superchick is happy to provide. On “So
Beautiful,” the Brock sisters give girls everywhere another anthem with
lyrics like “
We were meant to be more than these shadows of girls,” backed by a gutsy guitar that definitely means business.
Creative
genius and member Max Hsu dons the role of producer on this album, and
he somehow outdoes himself on every track. His meshing of crisp vocal
stylings looped through orchestral arrangements is flawless, and it
reaches a crescendo on “Stand in the Rain (symphonic mix).” Here, Hsu
proves Superchick has evolved well beyond its “Barlow Girl” days by
masterfully mixing an urgent and beautiful vocal with soaring strings
and a piano solo that marks this track as true art. This project will
surely become the band’s defining moment, and listeners will be hitting
repeat on tracks like “Hey Hey” all summer long.
–Grace Cartwright