If you aren’t listening to Wendy & Lisa, you should be because you’re really missing out. If you thought two of The Revolution’s most visible members disappeared, they didn’t. Other than carving out a career as TV/film scorers (i.e. Heroes, Something New) Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman have recorded five albums:

• Wendy & Lisa (1987)
• Fruit at the Bottom (1989)
• Eroica (1990)
• Girl Bros. (1998)
• White Flags of Winter Chimneys (2008)

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I have spent several months purchasing all of Wendy & Lisa’s albums in my quest to earn my musical Ph.D. in their solo work. The Girl Bros. LP is the last album I needed to complete my thesis and graduate from the University of Wendy & Lisa. Now, allow me to present my thesis defense and obtain my doctorate.

Based on what I heard and read online, I knew that the Girl Bros. LP – originally released in 1998 and re-released (digital only) in 2009 – is a more somber sounding album from Wendy & Lisa than previous releases. I have read that the album was part tribute to Wendy’s late brother, Jonathan Melvoin, (touring keyboardist for The Smashing Pumpkins) and was made during the breakup of Wendy & Lisa’s romantic relationship. As a result, I knew that Girl Bros. would be the opposite of Fruit at the Bottom – a fun, exuberant album that often makes me smile when listening to it. However, the somber sounds and lyrics on Girl Bros. are not something that made me long for previous Wendy & Lisa-sounding albums. In fact, I find Girl Bros. the most interesting because it is a clear turning point in their musical careers. Where Eroica started shifting Wendy & Lisa’s sound from their previous two albums, Girl Bros. took an exit off the freeway into a new yet pleasing direction. (more…)