I’m a terrible music critic. I don’t know my Shins from a Hole in the Pavement. What I do know, and love, and dance to in the most horrible way possible, is sugary pop music. Fourteen-year-old girls have better taste in music than I do, and I’m okay with that. I don’t care if a song is derivative or a band is manufactured. It doesn’t matter if they’re in perfect rhythm or even in tune. Does a song or band get in your head and make you tap your feet involuntarily like it’s possessed by the debbil? Do you find yourself singing a song when you’re alone and you don’t even know how you know the damn lyrics? That’s my music, and that’s what I’m going to start talking about every Tuesday.
Millionaires is comprised of two sisters from Huntington Beach, California. They sing about their struggles growing up in the slums, issues with drugs, and trying to live a clean, healthy life. HAHAHAHA JUST KIDDING! Millionaires band members Melissa Marie Green and Allison Green sing about drinking, alcohol, partying, alcohol, sex, money, drinking, and sex. And, parents, if you think Ke$ha is too edgy for your kids, feast your hackle-raising sensory organs on “Rated X-mas”, which, unless you work at home like I do, is not safe for work. Or kids. Or grandparents. Or Republicans:
You’ll be happy (or depressed or mortified or terrified or disgusted) to know that the debut album of Millionaires, currently untitled, has just been announced for release this fall. Until this point, they have released most of their music either for free or as part of a brief partnership with a record company last year. I was fortunate to be able to participate in the funding for their first full-length album through Kickstarter.
Why would you want to listen to music by two pretty faces who probably grew up rich in Southern California and sing about absolutely nothing with substance or depth whatsoever? Why wouldn’t you? Music isn’t always about pain and depression and suffering. It’s about being bombastic and having fun and brushing your teeth with a bottle of Jack and zig-ah-zig-ahing, and hollaback girls and teenage dreams. It’s about alcohol and money and sex. It’s about fun. So much fun that you puke.
With titles such as “Stay The Night”, “Take Your Shirt Off”, “I Like Money”, “Alcohol”, “Talk Shit”, and “Just Got Paid, Let’s Get Laid”, Millionaires will never be accused of being deep, but with a slogan like “DGAF” [Don't Give a Fuck], that’s okay. Their music is infectious with a good beat, and that’s all that matters to me.
Do you want to hear more Millionaires? Listen to more through my Millionaires Spotify playlist!
Do you have a band to recommend? I’d love to hear what poppy sugary goodness infects your brain!
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