Album Notes

"The band really knows how to dominate a stage. They make no concessions to cuteness. The effect is at once exhilarating and sexy."
-- Leslie Goldberg, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, 1981

"The hottest all-woman group ever to come out of the Bay Area."
-- BAM Magazine

"...their music has the hard driven, raw energy that is the earmark of New Wave; they're just performing better than most anybody else around."
-- Catherine Peters, Pacific Sun

"...a marvelous, criminally underrated female trio with great material... they're neither overtly feminist, sex-image-oriented or selfconscious, finding the ideal out by simply being an excellent rock band."
-- Ira Robbins, The New Trouser Press Record Guide, 1985

"The Contractions emerge as a dynamic, hard-hitting trio, exhibiting a blend of infectious rhythms and a highly danceable beat with contemporary lyrics and themes touching on the avante-garde."
-- John Sutton Smith, L.A. Weekly

"They create an atmosphere of warmth and alertness when they play. Their own personalities cause the warmth..the alertness comes from the danger of their music, music that's on the edge and constantly shifting."
-- Mark Leach, Toronto's SHADES

"Most important seems the fact that the Contractions are a new band, definitely not trend followers, their music defies any real attempt at categoraization"
-- Jonothan Formula, DAMAGE

"A dynamite Trio. Powerful. Eclectic. Their songs have so many intricate rhythm changes that sometimes you just get confused! The drummer is so good it's obscene. The bassist's fingers are moving so fast at times that they just become a blur. And the guitarist…combined the best minimal punk riffs, heavy metal power chords, jazz picking and controlled distortion…the audience loved them, and they loved the audience right back. Oh -- by the way -- they're all women."
-- e.a. Srere, Contempoculture Magazine, Austin, TX, 1980