'Centered around singer/songwriter Mat McHugh, the eclectic Australian rock group Beautiful Girls make rootsy, folk-inflected pop that has drawn comparisons to such like-minded artists as Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, and Mason Jennings. Formed in 2002, the band put out the mini-album Morning Sun and the five-track limited-edition EP Good Times before releasing their first full-length album, Learn Yourself, on San Dumo in 2003. A year later, the band released their second full-length studio album, We're Alrea...   [ read more ]

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'Water brings together a nice cross-section of material culled from eclectic Australian rock band Beautiful Girls' previous recordings. These are mellow, mostly acoustic tracks that showcase lead singer/songwriter Mat McHugh's folky, {lo-fi} approach to making music. Included here are such tracks as Periscopes, off the band's debut mini-album, Morning Sun, La Mer, from their first full-length, Learn Yourself, and Need to Give This Broken Heart Away, off the EP Weight of the World.' ~ Matt Collar, All Musi...   [ read more ]

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The Gen-X romantic comedy Beautiful Girls appropriately has a Gen-X soundtrack, featuring covers of '70s songs (the Afghan Whigs take on Barry White's "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe") with new tracks from neo-slackers like Pete Droge, as well as '70s classics from the Spinners and Kiss. Lacking the overall consistency of the Reality Bites and Singles soundtracks, Beautiful Girls is still fairly strong, as the strong moments -- Spinners, Kiss, Roland Gift, {$Ween...   [ read more ]

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