Full of delicious melodic distortion, but it never seems to really take off. Paw owes a great nod to mid-late ’80s rock. Paw can do better than this, and has.
Jack Irons (ex-Chili Peppers) & Matt Cameron (Soundgardern) are the bedrock for Johannes’ chord-throttling and Natasha Schneider’s spooky white-soul-mama voice.
The sluggish and grinding music provides a moody backdrop for Denise Monahan’s voice, which sounds sweet and lovely one minute, angry and accusatory the next.
Meg Hentges’ latest solo album further explores the rockin’ yet understated side of 2 Nice Girls’ sound, while Ms. Phillips ventures further “out there.”