U.S. Girls

Artist: U.S. Girls

LP: Half Free

Song: "Sororal Feelings"
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Thank the lord for U.S. Girls. It had been a rough Monday at work before I walked up the street that evening to see Meg Remy and her band put on a most invigorating show in the heart of Ballard at the gritty little Sunset Tavern. Meg admittedly looks a little frumpy here on the cover of her 2015 "Half Free" LP, but she was 50 Shades of Cool on the stage Monday night, and plenty glamorous too in her metallic golden half-shirt thing. It was one of the most thrilling shows I've ever seen. And I've seen a dozen. Aside from their fantastic music and alluring stage presence, these are some of the things I liked about the show: 

• U.S. Girls didn't try to make friends with everyone in the audience by engaging in witty banter before or after their songs. They just, you know, did their songs.
• They didn't yell "Hello Seattle!" before, during, or after their show to make everybody scream as if we were excited and grateful that they had heard of our city.
• U.S. Girls didn't say "thank you" when the audience applauded, as if they hadn't expected it and so it moved them emotionally.
• Meg danced her way through the groovin' sold-out crowd during a funky instrumental stretch in one of the songs. This way we could tell she wasn't aloof or stuck up even though she never talked to us and didn't say "thank you" or grin at us when we clapped.
• Making her way back up onto the stage from the dance floor, Meg bumped into a microphone stand and nearly knocked it over. This somehow made her seem more...human.

The brand new U.S. Girls LP, "In a Poem Unlimited," is worth checking out too. You can read about U.S. Girls here and go here to visit their website.

[ Meg Remy — U.S. Girls ]