Britt Witt on November 24th, 2014

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Dublin’s September Girls aren’t letting 2014 go without one last hurrah. After delivering their debut album “Cursing the Sea” earlier this year and making the highlights of CMJ, the Irish girl quintet release the “Veneer” EP today on Brooklyn’s Kanine Records. The four new songs stray away from the harmonic Vivian Girls-style jangles of the album to hone in on their witchy post-punk compulsions and moody romanticism. The cyclical guitars of single “Black Oil” nail that Jesus and Mary Chain “Head On” style with menacing QOTSA riff punches that perforate their sweetness. The EP is prompt, with an unstoppable flow despite each song being written and sung by a different SG member. These Irish gloom girls conjure a dark-hearted pop with depth that, so far, maintains the integrity of the Big Star song they’re named after.

||| Stream: “Black Oil”