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review by Mike Bond

THE NEUTRINOS - GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN

"Another gloriously dark and brooding single from The Neutrinos, GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN is a sublime, intense blast of throbbing indie rock."

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Girlfriend's Got A Gun / Donkey Work
STOCKPILE RECORDS

A Norwich based four piece, The Neutrinos are a band who do that whole female fronted indie rock thing with exquisite perfection.
Latest single GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN sees frontwoman Karen Reilly purring sensually amidst the dirty rock n roll noise, a mixture of PJ Harvey, Throwing Muses and The Kills.  Its clear that The Neutrinos are one of those special bands; evoking the same kind of tingle you felt when hearing the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, PJ Harvey or Huggy Bear for the first time.  GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN is a deliciously dark and dirty sounding slice of suggestive indie rock, fuzzy guitar grooves rubbing up against driving drum beats and that intense vocal delivery.
Another gloriously dark and brooding single from The Neutrinos, GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN is a sublime, intense blast of throbbing indie rock.

BIOGRAPHY
Holed-up on the East Coast of England, The Neutrinos make songs that crackle and spit like raw electricity. Let's roll in the dirt - it's great dirt. Let's holler about the dark under-strings of life that pull us puppet-like. We have no control - why even pretend we have it? Lose it. 
'Manipulative leaders, mentors, lovers and losers populate the Neutrinos world of song' Village Voice. 
‘Throbbing art-punk noise and sexy urgent energy' Time Out New York. 
‘ Masterful rock‘n’roll …showmanlike,groovy!’ Time Out London 
‘Twin Peaks well below the surface filth…the band straddle dirty-country-rhythm-and-blues-rock’n’roll” Artrocker 
‘Front – woman, Karen Reilly is more Helen Mirren-on-acid meets Karen O, than your average female - fronted indie combo.’ Artrocker UK 
Loved by John Peel , Bruce Dickinson ( rock on!) and East Village Radio NYC who said, “The Neutrinos are seriously gonna fuck shit up” . 
(Salute to fellow Truckfesters, we soaked, we baked, we rocked!) Holed-up on the East Coast of England, The Neutrinos make songs that crackle and spit like raw electricity. Let's roll in the dirt- it's great dirt, let's get ugly, it's more exciting. Let's holler about the dark under-strings of life that pull us puppet-like. We have no control - why even pretend we have it? Lose it. 'Manipulative leaders, mentors, lovers and losers populate the Neutrinos world of song' Village Voice. 'Throbbing art-punk noise and sexy urgent energy' Time Out New York. 'A Neutrinos show will leave you dazed, shocked, maybe scared, but certainly thrilled.' World of Gigs
Karen (vox) grew up on a pig farm, used to shout across fields inorder to talk to people rather than go up to them, sheer laziness resulted in an extraordinarily loud voice spanning over three octaves,it's true. Mark Travis Howe (guitar) Jon Banknote (bass) Simon Bob Morrison (drums)

LINE UP
Karen Reilly>vocals
Mark Travis Howe>guitar
Jon Banknote>bass
Simon Bob Morrison>drums

DISCOGRAPHY
BUILD HIM TILL HE BREAKS (Stockpile Records>2006)
Build Him 'Til He Breaks
Mother's Mother Tongue

GIRLFRIEND'S GOT A GUN (Stockpile Records>2007)
Girlfriend's Got A Gun
Donkey Work

LINKS
The Neutrinos>www.neutrinos.co.uk

FURTHER LISTENING
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith

 

Review date: July 2007