Intractable [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews
Erin Lewis, CURVE magazine
"heart-stopping love songs, laugh-out-loud silliness, and wise social commentary. Gina gives me hope for the world!"

The Village Voice
"Gina...does middle-class chick rebellion even better than Liz Phair."

Album Description
An emerging force in today’s young rock and roll poet scene, Gina Young is a Washington DC native who currently tears it up in NYC. Gina has been making her mark on the east coast and has become a staple on the college circuit, playing her music and speaking her mind with characteristic acuity. Comparisons have been made to Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, Le Tigre and many other talented women musicians, but Gina is a complete force on her own and her growing fan base can sing all the lyrics to prove it.

Gina’s folk and punk influenced vocals on her 28 Days Records debut, Intractable, slide easily from soulful longing and beautiful harmonies to brash, bratty rants that are equal parts fun and furor. She embodies multiple characters – songs like haunted and can she bake a cherry pie? evoke the raw, dark quality of early PJ Harvey; fire, fire and surrounded are reminiscent of the riot grrrl movement; touch and turn the lights off are intimate, tender and breathtaking. Nursery rhymes, activist chants and TV static all become part of the cut and paste that makes up Gina’s passionately feminist, unabashedly queer, young-at-heart yet world-weary musical vision.

With the talent of producer/engineer Hillary Johnson (Ramones, Tribe 8, Bonfire Madigan, Misfits, Jeff Buckley, etc) and a diverse posse of indie female musicians on backup (Katy Otto of Del Cielo, Michelle Williams of Paprika, Kathi Ko of Morgan Storm, Tracy Dicktracy and activist Marisa Ragonese), these multiple influences coalesce into a signature aesthetic that is raucous and riveting. Intractable is captivating – dynamic, elastic, and full of promise.

Intractable [Explicit Lyrics]

Tracks:

intractable
fire, fire
turn the lights off
surrounded
haunted
more like fiending
supergirl
a love affair with the system
politician
so-called str8 grrrl
dirt
snowflakes and cigar butts
touch
can she bake a cherry pie?
my gf the tv

Album Description

An emerging force in today's young rock and roll poet scene, Gina Young is a Washington DC native who currently tears it up in NYC. Gina has been making her mark on the east coast and has become a staple on the college circuit, playing her music and speaking her mind with characteristic acuity. Comparisons have been made to Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, Le Tigre and many other talented women musicians, but Gina is a complete force on her own and her growing fan base can sing all the lyrics to prove it.

Gina's folk and punk influenced vocals on her 28 Days Records debut, Intractable, slide easily from soulful longing and beautiful harmonies to brash, bratty rants that are equal parts fun and furor. She embodies multiple characters - songs like haunted and can she bake a cherry pie? evoke the raw, dark quality of early PJ Harvey; fire, fire and surrounded are reminiscent of the riot grrrl movement; touch and turn the lights off are intimate, tender and breathtaking. Nursery rhymes, activist chants and TV static all become part of the cut and paste that makes up Gina's passionately feminist, unabashedly queer, young-at-heart yet world-weary musical vision.

Customer Reviews:

Great Sophomore Effort!.......2006-11-29

This CD is great, filled with catchy acoustic melodys and the lyrics are true. Gina dosnt hold back at all! Get this CD and support Gina! (look for her fist CD "Prom Queen" and her third CD "She's so androgynous")

Support this woman!.......2003-04-23

(This is Kendra)
Introduced to her music (and to her) when I saw her perform at the midwest GLBTQIA conference at U Ohio Feb 2003 and was blown away. This is her second album - I wish I had bought the first from her at the conference because now I can't find it anywhere. More info on her at ginayoung.com. Music is wry, some of the songs are pretty in-your-face (Mary had a little lamb...but not a lot of um kitty). I play this album constantly and sing along, it's great to hear someone so unabashedly out there and unashamed.

clever and honest.......2002-08-02

the lyrics are clever, witty, and in your face!
the music grooves and reminds me a bit of PJ Harvey meets Ani with a slight hint of Le Tigre

I love it!

Music at its best and most talented!.......2002-06-07

This CD has some incredible tunes, including my personal favorite "Turn the lights off." Gina has loads of talent for singing and playing the guitar. Buy this CD and support the NYC quality music scene.

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