Like a Gothic Novel

The Fems of Feb.

 Effi Briest are Kelsey Barrett, Elizabeth Hart, Corinne Jones, Nicky Mao, Sara Shaw, Rebecca Squires, & Jessica Stathos. (I don't know who's missing in the above photo...anyone?)

They only ever released one album under that moniker. 

Our loss.

The all-female band Effi Briest were bursting with ideas on their debut full-length, Rhizomes. Despite the frigid tongue of the vocals & the ice sharp angles on all of these tracks, there is nothing cold about this set. All nine tracks course with red hot lava. The vocals seethe with emotion, the guitar lines cut deep gashes in the songs while the thick bass fills up space with dripping, molasses-thick notes. As Rhizomes progresses, the band settles into its sound, grows comfortable with the sonic mood it has constructed. The vocals fill out, the guitars thicken, the tracks get stronger as a result. For a group named after a 19th-century German novel, these womyn create music that is totally now. Effi Briest are an exciting band more people should discover. 

 

 

Effi Briest - Rhizomes, Sacred Bones Records SBR-033CD, 2010.
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Rhizomes    
Long Shadow    
Cousins    
New Quicksand    
X    
Mirror Rim    
Nights    
Wodwoman    
Shards

Enjoy,
NØ