UN-Interrupted Rock & Roll Odyssey

      THE UNCOMFORTABLE LEGACY OF GIRLS' ALBUM Photo: Sandy Kim "...I was thinking in terms of what a cool band The Velvet Underground were, and how they were much bigger after they were gone and I'd forgotten that when we first started Girls, I wanted us to be a band like that." - J.R White, 2013             In the midst of 2009's chillwave parody and bevy of rustic-sounding artists all named after animals ,   Girls came down like a meteor :  they created three records of unbridled brilliance,  they conquered the indie blogosphere almost overnight, received as much critical acclaim over a three year period as anyone could possibly accept, had their street urchin / drug addict lifestyle taste tested and dutifully turned into indie chic by anyone wanting to make big, then as quickly as they came, they were gone .             Perhaps it was never meant to last: this was a duo that were pegged to an iron cross of hyperbole the second we all read Owe