Boy Crazy

"With Its Earnest Boy/girl Harmonies Modest But Spry Instrumentation And Daydreamy Lyrics Foreign Words Sounds Like A Byproduct Of The Early '90s Indie-Pop Boom. As It Turns Out That's Not Far From The Truth Boycrazy Was Formed By Vocalists/multi-Instrumentalists Bryce Edwards And Rachel Blumberg In Mid-'90s Portland After Both Had Spent Time Hanging Out Or Playing With The Crabs Sissyface And The Elephant 6 Crew. Between Jaunts As Part Of Fellow Jangle-Pop Perfectionists The Minders Edwards And Blumberg Established A Permanent Lineup For Boycrazy Adding A Second Guitarist/keyboardist And A Bass Player Which Makes Its Debut On Foreign Words. Despite The Band's Obvious Instrumental Chops The Arrangements Are Unfussy And Casually Playful Marked By Bop-Along Multi-Part Harmonies And Simply Strummed Guitar/bass Rhythms. By Keeping It Breezy And Melodically Bright Boycrazy Manages To Avoid The More Obvious Shortcomings Of Indie-Pop Naivete Allowing The Irrepressible Surge Of Youthful Wistfulness To Lead The Way."
Colin Helms CMJ New Music Report read less