Releasing a debut album on your own record label is not uncommon of Manchester’s DIY culture. Though in this instance is more illustrative of GeEkgiRL’s industrious character, ambition and drive.
It’s been almost 4 years since GeEkgiRL met, playing their first gig after 2 rehearsals. Ask them what their influences are and they’re likely to stare in different directions and pluck something as opposite as the corners they were staring at.
GeEkgiRL’s music is refreshing, as Joel, Fi and Ted, within their own individual musical abilities, echo many different musicians and sounds. As a band, they do not seem content with using someone else’s recipe and have created an original blueprint of pop, soul, punk, blues and funk, served with spirit and seasonings of melancholy.
GeEkgiRL burst out in jack-in-a-box style with the opening track, ‘Get it on.’ A perfect blend of punk, funk, country and pop with unashamedly fickle, lustful, cheeky lyrics.
Listening to just the opening track would create a false impression of who GeEkgiRL really are. The second track, “Filth,” immediately changes course, bringing us into darker waters, sung with a hint of disdain, and is something you’d get if Patti Smith and Kate Bush had a love child fought over by Chrissy Hynde.
All in all, the album pulls you to different areas of a ball park and you feel you experienced a full flavoured meal, batted between genres and you realise you cannot predict where it’ll take you next. It’s easy to see why GeEkgiRL were eager to release this album. They believe in their music and that it should be heard. And so it should.