Record Review: A Sense of Porpoise - Self-Titled

A Sense of Porpoise - Self-Titled (Self-Released)

By Nathan G. O'Brien on Scene Point Blank

 

Upon initial listen, this came across as the kind of sloppy folk punk that I’d likely be annoyed by if there was a male singer. Call me sexist if you will but the fact that a female is doing the vocals makes this totally pleasurable, whereas I’d normally dismiss such stuff after one listen as gimmicky coffee shop music that guys play around campfires, hoping to lure girls back to their van/tent/dirty sleeping bag by the river etc.  ...Rest of review continues here.