Cabaret Voltaire (the art movement, NOT the band) as filtered through avant-garde 80's experimental alternative rock n roll.

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ELECTRONIC: Pop Crossover, ROCK: Psychedelic



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Forever Free is the debut album by LAâs favorite avant-rockers The Spirit Girls. The band has an interesting origin â it grew out of âThe Spirit Girls: Songs that Never Die,â a rock opera created by noted LA artist Marnie Weber. The opera follows a group of ghost girls on a fairytale-like journey as they search for a place to perform their songs and tell their stories.

Forever Free chronicles the lives and deaths of the Spirit Girls through expressive, multi-dimensional vocals, powerful, melodic guitars, thick psychedelic synths, and mournful cello riffs. The Spirit Girlsâ sound has been described as something of a cross between Sonic Youth, King Crimson and 17th Century French Romantic paintings.

After performing âSongs That Never Dieâ to sellout crowds, Marnie decided to expand her original concept into a separate, but unique musical group. As an original member of LAâs legendary 80âs band The Party Boys, Marnie had little trouble recruiting the musicians she needed. Such notable musicians as Dani Tull (Polar Bear), Tamara Sussman (Bertha Mason and The Polio Kids), Tanya Haden (Silver Sun Pickups & the Haden Three) and Debbie Spinelli (Rad Waste, 17 Pygmies) all signed on as active members of the Spirit Girls.

And so the saga of this band of ghost girls continues, as they wander through a series of imaginary landscapes similar to those in the collages and films of Marnie Weber. With the renewed interest in 80âs âpost-punkâ music, Forever Free is sure to play well to todayâs âalternativeâ audience while still appealing to the original punk set that still like to take a walk on the wild side.