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The Virgins (2008)

The Virgins

Reviewed by Leah Greenblatt | May 30, 2008

Leah Greenblatt

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Release Date: Jun 03, 2008; Lead Performance: The Virgins; Genre: Rock

$VIRGINS\' TERRITORY NYC band\'s debut CD offers some quickie fun$

VIRGINS' TERRITORY NYC band's debut CD offers some quickie fun

Virgins? Not likely. Downtown NYC's latest unofficial house band (already embraced by the fashion and ''lifestyle'' press) come off like regulation rock stars on their debut: debauched, sexy, and very likely to dump you for another girl by Friday. Singer Donald Cumming's Elvis Costello-lite vocals slide easily from arch (''Rich Girls'') to tender (''Love Is Colder Than Death''), while the band backs him like the Strokes on a funk bender, all big choruses and tightrope bass lines. The Virgins is punchy and slinky and over before you know it, but good, dirty fun while it lasts. B+
DOWNLOAD THIS: Hear ''Rich Girls'' at the Virgins' My Space page

Originally posted May 30, 2008 Published in issue #995-996 Jun 06, 2008 Order article reprints

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