January 25, 2007
THE SPIRIT GIRLS
Forever Free…
(Trakwerx/End is Here)
Rock bands that grow out of other projects—in this case a rock opera called The Spirit Girls: Songs that Never Die—are often a dicey proposition at best. Fortunately, artist/songwriter Marnie Weber’s group the Spirit Girls (which includes cellist Tanya Haden, of the well-traveled Haden clan) is no failure. Weber’s muse flits hither and yon, from acid folk (“The Hunted Little Green Grass Girl”) to industrial hard rock (“Small Town”) to gothic drone (“Haunted Horse”) to avant pop (“Airstream Dream”) to psychedelic instrumentals (“Graveyard Song”). Her serviceable melodies and forceful singing link the menagerie together, and the band brings each vision to colorful life. Forever Free… is more of a promising beginning than any kind of masterpiece, but as art projects-turned-bands go, the Spirit Girls are more substantial than ephemeral. Michael Toland
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