Christopher Goett: voice, guitar, bass, synth, organ, loops
Steven Rubin: voice, guitar, bass, piano, organ, drums
Jenn Thomas: drums, percussion, synth, voice
Girl Loves Distortion lives, breathes, and creates in Washington, DC, in a working-class community slowly turning more mixed income. While this may not be uncommon with other DC bands, the neighborhood where they practice and write music together seeps into the DNA of their discography and musical catalogue. As a result their songs are tinged with an urgency, edge, and point of view that deals with societal issues, diversity, and interpersonal relationships. This could very well be a recipe for pretense, but the band knows how to temper weighty issues with savvy, sarcasm, and self-deprecation that disarm any heavy-handedness.
Bis Aufs Messer Recordstore & Mailorder - Berlin, Germany
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION - you better run, your highness LP (Just how varied and multi-faceted are the talents of DC-based indie rock trio Girl Loves Distortion? All three of the band members—Christopher Goett, Steven Rubin and Jenn Thomas—take turns singing. Christopher and Steven both play guitar, bass and organ (depending on the song of course). Christopher also plays the mellotron. Steven also plays drums, though Jenn is the band’s percussionist on most of their material. Oh yeah, Jenn can also twiddle a synthesizer with the best of them. But the most seriously impressive talent the band has, at least as far as this listener is concerned, is in the songwriting department. To put it simply, these guys and gal have a knack for crafting catchy tunes that stick with you like bubblegum on the bottom of a sneaker. Furthermore, there is an urgency, honesty and heft about Girl Loves Distortion’s particular brand of rough-edged guitar pop that can’t be ignored. And the band’s predilection for shaking things up—experimenting with different sounds, textures and instruments—keeps listeners never knowing what’s coming next.)
Roctober – Chicago, IL
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION- You Better Run, Your Highness (Etxe) This DC band proposes to demonstrate a far more pleasant way to make late 80s Dischord “emo” more palatable than what actually happened (cringe). Very diggable!
Unfettered Records – Washington, DC
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION - you better run, your highness LP (Just how varied and multi-faceted are the talents of DC-based indie rock trio Girl Loves Distortion? All three of the band members—Christopher Goett, Steven Rubin and Jenn Thomas—take turns singing. Christopher and Steven both play guitar, bass and organ (depending on the song of course). Christopher also plays the mellotron. Steven also plays drums, though Jenn is the band’s percussionist on most of their material. Oh yeah, Jenn can also twiddle a synthesizer with the best of them. But the most seriously impressive talent the band has, at least as far as this listener is concerned, is in the songwriting department. To put it simply, these guys and gal have a knack for crafting catchy tunes that stick with you like bubblegum on the bottom of a sneaker. Furthermore, there is an urgency, honesty and heft about Girl Loves Distortion’s particular brand of rough-edged guitar pop that can’t be ignored. And the band’s predilection for shaking things up—experimenting with different sounds, textures and instruments—keeps listeners never knowing what’s coming next.)
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION- Earth Beings On Exhibit (Etxe) Wicked 90s sounding, but without any of the parts of official “alternative rock” that sucked. I love the girl that loves distortion, and to quote Brian Piccolos best friend Gayle, “I’d like all of you to love him too.” But change “him” to “them”.
Dagger Zine – Portland, OR:
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION- EARTH BEINGS ON EXHIBIT- ETXE- Wash, DC bunch who seem to have a serious love of The Pixies (and maybe GBV and Sonic Yoof too). This sort of dissonant, minor-key dragging is not the first thing I'd put on the morning (or the last thing at night) but it has its place and I'll bet they have some dedicated fans.
Jersey Beat Zine – Secaucus, NJ:
GIRL LOVES DISTORTION – Earth Beings on Exhibit Individually, the songs on this album from this Washington, DC based band are pretty good. Edgy indie-rock is what comes to mind. The song “Psychic Raygun” is a standout track, with a throbbing, repeating line in the bass and raspy, puling guitars, sort of reminding me of another great DC band, Lungfish. “Luminance (We Don’t Dance)” is another, with a funky bass beat, 80s retro vocals, and a post-punk edge.
