{"id":25017,"date":"2026-11-02T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/?post_type=product&p=25017"},"modified":"2026-10-11T09:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T13:13:11","slug":"the-girls-punk-dada-pulchritude","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.hcdistro.com\/store\/products-page\/compactdisc\/the-girls-punk-dada-pulchritude\/","title":{"rendered":"The Girls | Punk-Dada Pulchritude"},"content":{"rendered":"

Formed in Boston in 1977, The Girls were a short-lived yet profoundly influential art-punk outfit that occupied the vital middle ground between abrasive pop, rock-noise and the angular urgency of post-punk. Founded by Robin Amos (synths), Mark Dagley (bass), George Condo (bass, violin), and Daved Hild (vocals, percussion), the band quickly carved out a unique identity within Boston\u2019s underground rock circuit alongside contemporaries like Mission of Burma, La Peste, and The Maps. The band’s defining 1979 7″ single, “Jeffrey I Hear You” b\/w “The Elephant Man” on Hearthan Records was produced by Pere Ubu\u2019s David Thomas and captured the relentless, hypnotic drum and synth-driven tension of late-70s art-punk. Beyond their lean discography The Girls were historically pivotal as an interdisciplinary crucible. The band served as an early incubator for its members’ trajectories across visual art and music. Dagley and Condo relocated to New York City and founded the Hi Sheriffs of Blue. Robin Amos later co-founded the post-rock ensemble Cul de Sac and Daved Hild went on to record with David Thomas & The Wooden Birds. Feeding Tube\/Negative Glam previously released Punk-Dada Pulchritude as a vinyl only release in 2015. Now available on CD for the first time. Liner notes by Byron Coley.<\/p>\n

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Track Listing<\/h3>\n
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  1. Never Did Believe In (6:31)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Little Suburban Observatory (6:28)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Vietcong Women Carry Guns (4:11)<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Any Other Way It Would Be Different (4:41)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. These Things (2:07)<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Little Suburban Observatory (5:11)<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Kathryn Kuhlman (4:56)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Archival retrospective capturing the legendary late 70s art-punk icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[7599],"product_cat":[4],"product_tag":[7693],"class_list":["post-25017","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_brand-abaton-book-company","product_cat-compactdisc","product_tag-2026-11-17","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\nBuy The Girls | Punk-Dada Pulchritude at Hostile City<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Girls - Punk-Dada Pulchritude (Abaton Book Company). 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