The Airportline: Observations

Yours Truly Presents: Girls "Laura" from Yours Truly on Vimeo.

Airportline is going to see what is one of the most talked about bands (apart from The XX of course) in indie circles tonight here in Amsterdam. Pitchfork gave their album, which is called 'album', a glowing review and shed some light on their remarkable background:

Girls frontman Christopher Owens grew up in the Children of God cult. His older brother died as a baby because the cult didn't believe in medical attention. His dad left. He and his mother lived around the world, and the cult sometimes forced his mother to prostitute herself. As a teenager, Owens fled and lived as a Texas gutter-punk for a while. Then a local millionaire took Owens under his wing, and Owens moved to San Francisco. There, he and Chet "JR" White formed Girls, and recorded Album, their debut album, under the influence of just about every kind of pill they could find.

Tonight they play at Paradiso for 7 Euros.