Girls, “Substance,” on Pitchfork’s Don’t Look Down series

Let me tell you about the time I saw Girls. They were opening for Los Campesinos! at Union Pool not too long ago, and I had no idea who they were. But boy, did they look exactly the way they look in this video, down to the exact same clothes and hair and hipster posturing. The music was fantastic. The antics were less so, with the lead singer stopping every song to be fussy with his guitar and then one of the members walking off stage in an apparent snit two songs from the end.

But everyone stays in this time, which is a relief. It’s very beachy, lots of reverb, and of course a lot of hair.