Girlfriends and Boyfriends
What: Punk / electro
Where: Vancouver, BC
CM Issue: November – December 2012
Visit: www.gfsandbfs.tumblr.com
Boasting a list of influences which includes Gang of Four, Soft Cell, Killing Joke, Death From Above 1979, Phil Collins, U2, and Metallica, Girlfriends and Boyfriends (GFBF) are well worth a listen.
The Vancouver glam-punk trio provides an irony-free hybrid of two genres that are rarely combined with any success. Not surprisingly, the band (consisting of Grant Minor, Peter Panovic, and Arun Iyer) can trace its DNA back to a Brit pop project that disbanded, making room for the members of GFBF to fuse an array of sounds into a product that should be as appealing to fans of Dead Milkmen as it is to fans of DEVO.
While they’ve yet to release a full length, GFBF have teased fans with 7-inches, EPs, and digital singles over the years. The music works well in such formats, and it’ll be interesting and likely a pleasure to see how it plays out on a full-length effort.
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