My, my, my, how our little girls are growing up.<\/p>\n
The Donnas, an all-female punk-rock quartet, have improved upon
\nboth their playing and their songwriting for their third
\nfull-length release,
\nGet Skintight<\/i>. The band sounds tighter than they did on
\nAmerican Teenage Rock ‘N Roll Machine<\/i>, their previous
\neffort, and they now sound like a band that is one step away from
\nthe mainstream.<\/p>\n
Donna R.’s lead guitar licks now sound much more confident,
\nmaking solo time a true pleasure to listen to. Lead vocalist Donna
\nA. also has a new air of confidence to her, so when she delivers a
\nline like, “Baby you’re so sweet I got a toothache” (from
\n“Skintight”), it sounds natural rather than comical as it might
\nhave before. Donna C.’s drum work, as before, is solid. One minus –
\nI still would like to hear the bass playing of Donna F. brought
\nhigher up into the mix.<\/p>\n
As for the music on
\nGet Skintight<\/i>, if you ever thought of writing these young
\nladies off as a novelty act, this album will change your mind
\nforever. Sure, the tracks have a lot to do with the activities of a
\nyoung person’s life (“You Don’t Wanna Call,” “Party Action,” “Get
\nOutta My Room”), but frankly, it’s more believable coming from
\nyoung adults that it would, say, from Motley Crue. Speaking of the
\nCrue, The Donnas pay homage to the band with their cover of “Too
\nFast For Love” – and they nail it better than Vince Neil
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
What also helps The Donnas on
\nGet Skintight<\/i> is the production of Redd Kross members Jeff
\nand Steve McDonald, who capture the band’s sound perfectly. Coming
\nfrom their own alternative music background, they seem like the
\nperfect candidates to bring the sound of The Donnas into its own –
\nwhich they do with flying colors.<\/p>\n
The only negative with
\nGet Skintight<\/i> is that the formula of teen angst and carefree
\nlife starts to wear a little thin at the end on songs like “Zero”
\nand “Well Done”. Normally, I’d be mentioning that the album could
\nhave been longer, clocking in at 38 minutes; but in the case of
\nGet Skintight<\/i>, the band seems to know they’re running low on
\ngas.<\/p>\n
What makes
\nGet Skintight<\/i> a special listen is that you can almost expect
\nto hear some of these songs on the radio, meaning that The Donnas,
\nif given the right breaks, could become the next Green Day. (It’s a
\nsuitable comparison, seeing that Green Day once was on the same
\nlabel.) Chances are the two obstacles the band will face are
\nskepticism (no matter what I say, there will still be people who
\nwill think of The Donnas as a novelty act, and that’s too bad) and
\nchanging musical tastes – namely, if some program directors think
\nthat the California punk revolution is over. (With the success of
\nrecent works by bands like The Offspring, I don’t think that will
\nbe a problem.)<\/p>\n
\nGet Skintight<\/i> is a marked improvement for The Donnas, proof
\nthat another year of experience has helped mold their musical
\nvision into something special. Already garnering some significant
\npress, this could well be the year that the band makes their big
\nbreak. If not, they’re right at the edge of stardom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7321],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-39159","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-donnas","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39159"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39159"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}