They may be just a treat of the week (or Motel Mozaïque 2009), the four (indeed) virgin-looking and fresh lads of the New York quartet The Virgins. Their carefree debut album is - under the motto you're young and you want something - at least hedonistic. As a summery version of The Strokes, the four members combine a bare new wave sound with artpop and the disco-oriented work of grandfathers the
… Rolling Stones (Some Girls, Emotional Rescue), complete with hop bass and lots of frivolous falsetto vocals and screams. In songs like Rich Girls and One Week Of Danger, singer Donald Cumming sings nothing but the joys of living in the big city. These may not be rosy times in 2009, trend watchers have already signaled that cultural pessimism is gone. The Virgins couldn't be Hipper with this catchy record. (MR)more
