The Setlist

from North Coast Journal 12-03-2020 Edition

by North Coast Journal

On The Cover

monsters like The Gories, The Dirtbombs

Out of the Skillet and Hungry For Love

Clean Girl & the Dirty Dishes’ album Out of the Skillet and into the Frying Pan

By Collin Yeo

music@northcoastjournal.com

When I fi nd myself in times of Not too much treble (this isn’t surf rock) trouble, dear reader, Moth- and not too much low end, either (it’s not er Mary sometimes comes stoner jams). Just a good midrange growl. to me and speaking words Clean Girl understands this so well that I of wisdom, and says, “Hey would use this record in a classroom setting Collin, quit lying about like a jackass and on proper balance. And the drums provided go do something you enjoy.” This advice by Gary Lee Silver never miss a beat or add usually goes quite a distance and during an unneeded splash — exactly the right normal years I would always go out and do chug here. Jaxon’s vocals are pleasantly something wholesome. “Taking the cure” is doubled and the songs do something that what I called it, which basically works itself is obvious when done right: They absolutely out as a trip to the beach, a short hike and snag you with great melodies, strong hooks going to a movie or seeing a good band. and fun lyrics. Why this is so hard for most Sadly, this hasn’t been a normal year and bands I’ll never know but these two are my times of trouble are, like a lot of you are masters at the form. likely experiencing, short of cures. Clean Girl & the Dirty Dishes is one of

So when Clean Girl & the Dirty Dishes the last bands I saw live before the plague sent out the press release about their up- curtain came down. They played many of coming album, Out of the Skillet and into these songs that night at Richards’ Goat the Frying Pan, I pounced like a starving Tavern & Tea Room, one of the most ocelot at the chance to review it. In fact, I memorable being the wildly catchy “Lady even made one of my very few pandemic of the Night.” Listening to this record and trips to Eureka to pick up an advance copy its well-sequenced tunes reminded me of from singer and upside-down southpaw that delightful setlist from so many months guitarist Courtney Jaxon at her business The ago, and I might have dropped a tear or two Little Shop of Hers. After a nice chat, during behind my heart-shaped sunglasses (which which time I said that I would give her I wear often these days because who the album the same consideration that I give fuck cares anyway) when remembering how every CD, which is a nice long listen while simple and good life can be. In my hour of driving in my truck, I hit the macadam and darkness, this album let me be happy again steered toward State Route 255 and Manila. for repeated listens as the road rolled unThis turned out to be a good instinct, as the derneath my vehicle in a private, one-man passive boredom of the safety corridor is concert. no setting for an album as splendid as this. Out of the Skillet and into the Frying

One thing that every good garage band Pan o cially dropped on Black Friday, Nov. has in common, from early proto-freaks 27 and is available at The Little Shop of like The Stooges and The Cramps to later Hers. I highly suggest you get a copy. ● into the Frying Pan. and the Platonic garage ideal known as The Collin Yeo (he/him) lives in Arcata and asks White Stripes, is a good fuzzy guitar tone. that you all try to look out for each other.

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