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The Strange Boys
Also Playing: The Nicotine Fits and The Vicious Women
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Roger Sargaent
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Tue Mar 9
8 pm
The Strange Boys, The Nicotine Fits, and The Vicious Women at Hi-Dive
Surprising for a band whose skuzzy R&B is at turns immediate and grating, The Strange Boys’ 2009 effort, The Strange Boys And Girls Club, was one of the year’s most rewarding listens, a record whose dark humor reveals itself only gradually. The new Be Brave is nearly just as rollicking, a dusty romp through deep-seated and folky rock ’n’ roll. But, as sophomore efforts tend to go, especially ones following critically lauded debuts, Be Brave feels more pensive, slicker even. The Strange Boys are starting to lose their new-band sheen, but who really cares? The group sounds as promising as ever, and the live show is still a rupture into shout-out-loud singing and twisting bodies.
Hi-Dive 7 S. Broadway, Denver/Boulder, CO
Surprising for a band whose skuzzy R&B is at turns immediate and grating, The Strange Boys’ 2009 effort, The Strange Boys And Girls Club, was one of the year’s most rewarding listens, a record whose dark humor reveals itself only gradually. The new Be Brave is nearly just as rollicking, a dusty romp through deep-seated and folky rock ’n’ roll. But, as sophomore efforts tend to go, especially ones following critically lauded debuts, Be Brave feels more pensive, slicker even. The Strange Boys are starting to lose their new-band sheen, but who really cares? The group sounds as promising as ever, and the live show is still a rupture into shout-out-loud singing and twisting bodies.
Updated 06/22/2011
