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Vanity Theft, Neon Love Life, Eastside Larry
Birdys Bar & Grill
November 10, 2010

It has been a couple of years since we heard new music from Vanity Theft. Postscript: Pace Yourself fueled the ears with a Donnas-like lyrical defiance and dance-pop edginess that turned any dance floor into a pogo-gyrating mess.

Since then the band has been a touring machine with no end in sight. With the release of the Anatomy EP and a full length — currently titled Get What You Came For — on the way in early 2011, the ladies are doing a few pre-release shows with a stop in Indianapolis on November 10 at Birdy’s.

With the new songs, don’t expect the same bouncy guitar-rock demeanor. This all-female group has sharpened their fangs and are ready to completely dominate the stage with an electro-rock growl.

“Our new songs are definitely more mature than the last album,” said Alicia Grodecki, keyboards and vocalist for the band. “It’s a darker and more electronic album with lyrics that are cutting and sarcastic.”

You can see it in the video for “Limb From Limb.” Their eyes show us that they continue to be more hungry than ever for the music that they create, something they started as an after school project in high school that grew into a more methodological and systematic approach that has become part of their life. And in their life, songs reflective of Anatomy are exactly where they want to be.

“Anatomy is so rhythmical,” Grodecki said. “It goes really fast, as it was originally written with a Hip Hop group from Columbus, Ohio. We are definitely trying new things this time around.”

One of the new changes in the band, and a major contributing factor to that rhythmic push is the addition of permanent bassist Lalaine. Coming into the band as a fan, the former Disney Channel star (playing Miranda Sanchez in the series Lizzy McGuire from 2001 to 2004) added bass gyrating for Vanity Theft to her resume, a more grown-up approach from the CDs she put out for her Disney fans. For the band, it meant a more powerful sound and harder dance rock demeanor.

In addition, Grodecki picked up two new keyboards adding a synth edge to their songs. Playing guitar throughout the first half of Postscript, the change has added more versatility and depth to songs like the title track to Anatomy where the synths guide the listener through an extremely catchy and pulsating dance stomp.

But why the EP and why has it taken so long for them to release the followup to Postscript?

“We are glad that we took this long,” she said. “It’s actually been great to sit on these songs and make them better lyrically and musically. We feel it will be worth the wait.”

Three songs from Anatomy will transfer over to Get What You Came For, so when you get into Anatomy you will get a sense as to where these girls’ heads are within their career. And from their view, this is exactly where they want to be.

“As we have gotten older, we have realized that this is who we are.”