Sad Girl Twenty Years. Release Date : 2006. Label: Sad Girl Music. Rating: Warm. (Screw points. To each his own!) This is a real oddball album. Part of me kind of likes the scathing, off-base, low-fi growly vocals and spooky melodies and lightly-dusted Velvet Underground vibe. And another part of me thinks it sounds like ridiculous, disjointed noise with no direction. I'm leaning towards the latter - it's a largely uncomfortable album. But the moments of dreary, bleak morose musicality are sometimes quite cool. And also, sometimes the wonky noises end up just working, like the all-over chorus in "Broken Stuff" is enjoyable for its chaos. No one would say this guy has a particularly melodic voice but it sure is fun. Song of choice : "Our Name Is Strange" has the best moments I think. -Andy Scheffler Elsewhere Sad Girl website Published : January, 2007.