The All Girl Summer Fun Band is exactly what the name implies -- four fun-loving females who produce warm, breezy pop with oodles of "oohs" and "shooby-doos" in the vein of Heavenly, Tiger Trap, and 1960s girl groups like the Crystals. Based in Portland, OR, they have ties to a number of other Northwest acts like Hutch Kathy (the latter drums for the AGSFB) and the Softies (AGSFB guitarist Jen Sbragia and Tiger Trap's Rose Melberg), among others. But the AGSFB are more than just a side project; they aren't really even a "project" at all -- more like a state of mind. Just as the Beach Boys once famously titled an album Endless Summer, that's the state of mind the AGSFB evoke on their Calvin Johnson-produced debut. Not that everything is sunshine and roses; summers aren't always happy, after all. Sometimes relationships don't work out (Cut Your Hair -- not the Pavement song), sometimes your wheels break down (Car Trouble), etc. The weather may be nicer than usual, but life goes on, and bad things happen. But solidarity is a defense against disappointment, as in Theme Song, in which the gals proclaim with pride, "We're the all girl summer fun band." And that they are. A lot more real than Josie the Pussycats or #The Powerpuff Girls -- but just as much fun. ~ Kathleen C. Fennessy, Rovi

1		Brooklyn Phone Call
2		Canadian Boyfriend
3		Car Trouble
4		Later Operator
5		Cut Your Hair
6		Somehow Angels
7		Theme Song
8		It's There
9		Girl No. 3
10		Stumble Over My
11		New in Town
12		Cutie Pie
13		Cell Phone