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NEW CD MY
FLASH ON YOU
BURNS DOWN THE ROCK ‘N
ROLL
WITH FIERCE DOSE OF ALL THAT IS COOL
“One of the 10 must-see Philadelphia area bands for 2005”
– Courier-Post (NJ)
“Blissfully snotty … taut rock that's overwhelmingly
zealous and fantastically femme ...
the album is an accurate snapshot of singer-guitarist Amy
DiCamillo's stage presence: untamed, elegantly primal, very
punk rock. -- Philadelphia City Paper
" MY FLASH ON YOU seems to vibrate with the anger of the
over-looked.fusing revved-up guitars with AMY DICAMILLO'S
furious howl,the record cannily evokes the days before punk
rock got its fangs filed at the local HOT TOPIC." –
Philly Weekly
PHILADELPHIA -- Just like the jolt to the system the
peaceful, easy mid-‘70s got when punk rock arrived,
UNDERGIRL has done it again with MY FLASH ON YOU.
The band’s latest CD, packed with 11 of the type of
original rock ‘n’ roll songs you haven’t felt since
Sticky Fingers, heralds music’s wake-up call once again,
but with a difference. This time, the women are running the
show.
“Radio Action” and “Fancy Snakes” kick it off with all the
attitude of The Sex Pistols and The Ramones for a new
century. Sexy, raw-voiced Amy DiCamillo adds to the
molten, punk melting pot: “If
the Dead Boys and the Hot Snakes had a baby, named her rock
‘n’ roll, and she grew up to have the mouth of Mick Jagger,
the hair of MC5, the moves of Marc Bolan, the mind of Syd
Barret and the heart of Nick Drake…” is the way she
describes the band’s frantic sound. DiCamillo rocks lead
vocals and guitars along with band members Becky Vomit
on bass, Matthew Billick on guitars, and drummer
Frank Domanico.
Poised to be the break-out tune,
“Boy’s Club” tells a double story of the anger and grrl
power close to UNDERGIRL’s heart. It’s about “being
friends with someone, trusting them, and getting stabbed in
the back,” says Amy, and then “watching all your guy friends
play in their bands (while knowing that your band kicks all
their asses).”
With basic tracks all laid down in a single weekend,
MY FLASH ON YOU follows the band’s first full-length
CD, She’s Too Much For My Mirror (2001 Scarlet
A Records). Both were produced by Kris Alutius and
recorded at Slugg Studios in Collingswood, NJ. UNDERGIRL
has have performed on the Warped Tour and has shared the
stage with the likes of The Strokes, Lunachicks, At the
Drive-In and The New York Dolls’ Sylvain Sylvain.
DiCamillo admits that even with a true tough chick attitude,
she has more than a few fun-loving and thought-provoking
influences. A writing breakthrough came for her on
“Friday Night,” an AC/DC-styled good-time rock ‘n’ roll
song from start to finish.
“I just love music so much,” she says, “From the love of my
life, R.E.M., to the Faces and Neil Young .. and the recent
winner of my heart the beautiful Nick Cave.”
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