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Popular Shapes - “Symmetrical Girl” from 2003’s Bikini Style.
Seattle’s Popular Shapes came and went in a flash, when the band’s vocalist/guitarist left for San Francisco. Bikini Style was a barely 20+ minute 9 track explosion of pop-no-wave — recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kurt Bloch — that rivaled bands everywhere (Futureheads and Ex-Models included) for that No New York/early XTC/Talking Heads pop spaz sound of the late 70s. This album has a strong Fugazi odor all over as well. This seemed like a band that got bored really easily, and were ready to try brand new things before they released anything. They’re missed.
“Symmetrical Girl” would be their ‘hit’ of this album if there was a chance.
