The Pipettes - Girl Group Gone Wild

"The Pipettes want to write new "histories" of pop music, according to their biography. Instead of starting with The Beatles (really, who starts with The Beatles anyway?), they want to make the Spector/Brill building-era the starting point from which to tell their story. This is what they consider the "golden age" of pop music, roughly the 1950s and early ’60s, a time when television replaced radio, the entertainment industry finally discovered the lucrative youth market, and the spectacularization of celebrity life produced wide-eyed optimism and idealism. In music, this was reflected in pop — the irresistible hooks, the simple rhythms, the cloying melodies, the look — it pretty much marketed itself." (Tiny Mix Tapes)

-- NME reports that Interscope Records/Cherrytree has signed UK girl-group-influenced The Pipettes to release their US debut album later this year. 'We Are The Pipettes', released in the UK in July '06, should be out domestically this summer.



Who doesn't like this type of girl-group harmony pop? ALL the songs at their MySpace page are standout giddy pop tracks. American teen kids should be dancing to these tracks at prom night. Grownups can get behind these songs too - they're singable, hummable, etc... The Pipettes are gonna be huge-o-rama.

The Pipettes have already sold out three NYC shows in a few weeks' time - two at Brooklyn's Luna Lounge and the other at Bowery Ballroom.

Watch videos of the group here, here and here.