terami hirsch | all girl band

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all girl band

by terami hirsch

Gentle Anthems for the Displaced, Misguided and Dysfunctional
Genre: Pop: Piano
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1. Setting the Record Straight
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1:40 album only
2. Queen of the Prom
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2:48 album only
3. What You Think I Need
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4:16 album only
4. Metro Joe
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2:13 album only
5. Vamp
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3:14 album only
6. Borderline
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4:15 album only
7. Collecting the Rain
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8. Girl With the Brain
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0:54 album only
9. Make It Visual
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4:41 album only
10. Witches' Brew
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11. Lullaby
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12. Upsetchu
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13. Voices in my Head
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ABOUT THIS ALBUM


Album Notes
All Girl Band is one of those unique, spontaneous albums whose charm lies in its brutal confessional appeal.


Channeling something dark and earthy, these provocative songs will make you squirm with their honesty...and any discomfort you feel in listening will make the experience all the more sweet.

Terami's humble voice and quirky melodies are reminiscent of Aimee Mann and Liz Phair with a touch of Tori Amos thrown in for good measure. She cites these artists as inspiration, but her significant piano skills and daring lyrics set her apart from a mere disciple.

When this album was recorded, audiences were just discovering the vicarious thrill of lo-fi, confessional albums. However, Terami didn't know that at the time. She had locked herself in her bedroom with an 8-track over a rainy three day weekend and recorded the entire album. When she emerged, she played what she had to friends who let their jaws drop to the floor. This album is ballsy.

The amateur recording technique adds an innocent and powerful character to the album. The street sounds lend a dirty texture to the songs, but it's the unpolished music that is the most disarming. Terami did not want production to separate her from the listener. She wanted to make the most direct, immediate, and fragile connection possible. And she succeeded.


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Caroline

An impressive first album!
The music and lyrics are haunting! After several listening sessions I find myself humming the music and wondering what events triggered such powerful emotions and memories. A moving autobiographical epic! Definitely not just girl music.

pepper/inky midnight music

this is in my must have top 10 cds ever
AGB has all the emotional grab of the kind of promising artists (female and male) that we saw in the early 90s (jeffery gaines, tori amos, jeff buckley, fiona apple)but yet there's something both timely and timeless about this album. there's a realism to terami's words and how she infuses them vocally with life that you know there's this live, intense being putting it all together out there, and that's why this record has never bored me. odds are, you'll be taken with it too!

Annabelle

stunning album
Terami Hirsch is a woman, and like most female musicians, will probably get lumped into some silly, non-existent category of "girl music". Music by girls or for girls? This is music, of course socially and culturally created, but whoever sees it just that way completely mises the point. This is amazing.

Huw

Less is more...
The secret to great music is the spaces inbetween. All girl band, is one simple, yet subtle album that plays on this formula.

kasia

Little Rainbow Bubble...
Terami's first album is fascinating! It's full of very unique "little rainbow bubbles"that we call songs.Inside of each one there is a little world floating and waiting for you to discover...Jump in!..."In every way she'll find out how to upset you"...

Brad M.

Beautiful Chaos
Terami's first CD is great. At times chaotic, at other times blissful, the music and arrangement are always captivating. Her voice is sweet and powerful and the lyrics behind the songs are often beautifully uncomfortable. I've never really been an avid listener of "girl music" but this one works for me. You should hear it for yourself. Keep up the good work, Terami!

Alex

Amazing work!
I was trapped, enslaved, from the first track. Brutally honest lyrics from the get go, and amazing melodies throughout. The arrangements in "vamp" and "borderline", among others, are truly hypnotizing. The wonderful quirkyness of tracks like "girl with the brain" and "witches' brew" keep the cd fun and enjoyable even the 1000th time I play it. One might be compelled to compare "all girl band" with some of Tori Amos' earliest work, but this one has more inventivenes, intemacy, and uniqueness then you'll find in those big label releases. If you're looking for a great melody, get this cd. If you're looking for thought provoking poetry, get this cd. If you want hard rock, e-mail Terami and maybe she'll cover a Nirvana song on her next release, just for you.

Just kidding! Get this CD!!!!

Ariel

Absolutely magnificent
I've never entirely recovered from hearing All Girl Band for the first time. It made an immediate and overwhelming impression on me, which is usually a bad thing since my track record with albums I like immediately is pretty poor. :) But in this case, it just kept getting better and better! I can't recommend Terami's stuff highly enough.

Allan

Whatever kind of music you like - buy this!
This is a cd that anyone can listen to, no matter what genre you normally listen to. I usually listen to noisy, offensive, ear bleed music but it crosses over because all the songs are written and played well - a great artist writing great songs sums it up perfectly. Buy it now.

Alli

maybe we'll all explain together...
To say Terami bares her soul is an understatement. She begins the album with a blatant description of herself -- all the things that we are, but never talk about. And once she's opened herself up to you, she shares with you the gift of her music. Her unique style runs the spectrum from conversationally honest with "Setting the Record Straight" to achingly beautiful with "What You Think I Need" to playfully quirky with "Girl With the Brain." You will find yourself in her lyrics and perhaps laughing at loud at certain lines. It's pure honesty of human nature -- this is what Terami relates in her storytelling. Sometimes beautiful, sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, but always true.
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