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The Ditty Bops是由Abby DeWald与Amanda Barrett两个女生所组成的乐团，来自美国洛杉矶跟加州，也因为这样，或许透过地域的影响，总会造就属于自己的音乐风格跟文化，她们的音乐并不是属于柔调侬言软语，反而是有节奏的、带动气氛的，特别是听得到一种天然味道，透过配器的丰富感，仿佛有让人置身于美军俱乐部的幻觉，此时顺便来杯沁凉冰啤酒正好。她们会组乐团的故事满好玩的，原本是陌生的两人在美国纽约相遇，但是当下两人并没有组团，而是直到后来，两人都回到了加州，为了追捕邻居遗失的猫，便无心的进到陌生人的后院，而这个人竟然是一个音乐家跟狂热的吉他收藏家，无心插柳柳成荫，他鼓励她们应该组团创作，因此The Ditty Bops便开始了他们的音乐之旅。
As charming as the McGarrigle Sisters and pulsating as a scaled-down Lucious Jackson, Los Angeles duo The Ditty Bops call upon a 20th century grab bag of musical trends for the dozen songs that make up their eccentric debut album. Abby DeWald (vocals, acoustic guitar) and Amanda Barrett (vocals, mandolin, dulcimer) employ their effortless harmonies as instruments as they sashay through an influential spectrum that spans Bix Beiderbecke’s swinging twenties, through the Hot Club Quintet of France by way of Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys, and into the contemporary experimentation of producer Mitchell Froom (Elvis Costello, Suzanne Vega). The lyrics may never garner a Walt Whitman prize ('Why does blood turn brown when it dries?' and 'Why can’t white people play the blues?' the Bops wonder in 'Wishful Thinking'), but they do offer the perfect, sing-a-long complement for the twosome’s intoxicating, foot-tapping melodies. Give the record three spins. You’ll know every song. --Scott Holter
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