U.S. Girls is one Chicago gal, a reel-to-reel tape deck, some stomp-boxes, and a remarkably alienated-yet-engaged take on classic pop, stripping away all the structure and revealing all the emotion and meaning; imagine Phil Spector covered by The Conet Project, or Springsteen by a gang of angry ghosts. Then look for "Introducing U.S. Girls," just released by Siltbreeze. -Scott Williams 2008