Post War Glamour Girls - Feeling Strange (Parts 1 & 2)

The UK's Most Unique Rockers Return

As far as underrated bands go it's safe to say Post War Glamour Girls stand out among the crowd, they released their debut album 'Pink Fur' back in 2013, this record introduced PWGG to be a very bass driven, slow-yet intense art/experimental post-punk band, with vocals furiously delivered by vocalist Ben Clyde whilst female vocalist, Alice Smith gave a more mellow and soft side to Post War's storytelling sound. Even though 'Pink Fur' brought this heavy yet juxtapositiong soft sound, it all seemed very linear, and even thought every song offered some level of building intensity, it never really went anywhere. The record ended very much how it started, and left me feeling like i was missing something.

Post War Glamour Girl's new album 'Feeling Strange' shows off many new sides we haven't seen before, whilst definitely staying unique and firm in their art rock style. Opening track 'Felonious Punk' doesn't just show a more harshly , guitar-driven, almost Avant-Garde style but also shows Ben Clyde at his current best, he stays as aggressive as ever, but also introduces these disgusting, high unclean vocals that blew me away. The opener on this album, left me breathless. The Leeds-based group still show off their more familiar slow sound in tracks like 'Gentle Is Her Touch', which is also a great example of Clyde and Smith's contrasting voices joining together in a smoothly executed chorus. Lead single 'Southpaw Stance' has a very UK Indie style riff to it that loops throughout this track, Clyde leads the vocals in this track like the leader of the edgiest marching band out there ,and the synth-coated verses and chorus is the icing on the cake of this track.

'Cannonball Villages' is the Glamour Girls' attempted masterpiece on this record, clocking in at over 8 minutes you would expect it to pack some sort of punch, or offer enough to keep you glued to the track. But in reality it never really leads to anything more than underwhelming and scratchy instrumentals, just like most of this album, the lack of Alice Smith (who was more prominent in 'Pink Fur') has caused this track to suffer.

Post War Glamour Girls still stand in my opinion as one of the UK's best underground rock acts, and I have no doubt they'll continue to keep up their unique, innovative ways until they find the sound that's perfect for them.

6/10

ART-ROCK / EXPERIMENTAL ROCK / POST-PUNK

FAV TRACKS: Felonious Punk - Gentle Is Her Touch
LEAST FAV TRACKS: Cannonball Villages