BugGirl – Blood, Sweat & Beers

Releasedate: 01-10-2009; Label: Impedance Records
By: Lara Cappelli

BugGirl is an Australian rock band formed in 2003. The two members of the band are brothers: Amber on vocals and guitars and Clinton on drums.

The title “Blood, Sweat And Beers” makes it very clear, it automatically refers to rock, maybe punk, music. Then, the pictures in the booklet of the two guys drinking and destroying everything remove all doubts: this is a rock album. The attitude of the band is kind of punk, but the music itself has just little of punk, almost nothing actually. It is all about rock and roll. The sound of this band can be compared with Skew Siskin, raw and driven to the statement. The band seems to be one that brings a lot of energy when seeing in a live situation and that might be the side of them you want to see mostly.

The title track has a catchy melody and gets you into the albums mood already from the first notes; V8 Motor has a cool intro riff but unfortunately after that the song goes a bit down. The rest of the songs are pretty much into the Rock ‘n’ Roll mark that sounds like a street version of AC/DC, with female vocals which are very energetic and fit perfectly with the music. The final result is really dynamic and doesn’t bore at all, it all flows quite quickly and takes you to the final track without even realizing it.

Links:
BugGirl MySpace
BugGirl Official