Girls ‘Album’ provides lovely, candid songs

On the surface, Girls is seemingly the latest blogosphere buzz band attempting to recreate the Beach Boys’ “Pet Sounds.” After accumulating lofty reviews from various hipster sources, the band only vaguely follows this summer’s trendy, beach-pop revival. While some contemporaries hardly scratched the surface of originality, “Album”, Girls’ debut, is a remarkably fresh mix of youthful euphoria, hazy pop and psychedelic fuzz.

The album is lead singer Christopher Owens’