Old Music Tuesdays: Pretty Girls Make Graves

In my last Old Music Tuesdays post, I wrote about These Arms Are Snakes, a post-punk/post-hardcore group from Seattle. I figured I’d share another Seattle group with you today.

Pretty Girls Make Graves formed in 2001, and they took their name from The Smiths song of the same name. Their early music was heavily influenced by At the Drive-In, which was a mixture of punk rhythms coupled with shouting/rapping verses. I’ve included the first song I ever heard by the band so you can hear it for yourself. (It’s the first song off of their debut record, and I still quite enjoy it.)

The later music was more melodic and bass-driven, and I tend to like the later stuff more. I’ve included an Amazon link so you can check out their last album before they broke up.

Unfortunately, I never got a chance to see them play live. The members went on to join/form groups such as Jaguar Love, The Cave Singers, and Moonrats. If you own the game Rock Band 3, you can play their song Something Bigger, Something Brighter.

Pretty Girls Make Graves didn’t stick around very long, but in my opinion it was long enough to make their mark. If you enjoy the Seattle indie scene, or if you’re a fan of At the Drive-In or Kill Sadie, give them a listen!

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Lyrics

Do you remember when
We couldn’t put it away?
Do you remember when
We couldn’t put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
(To you?) (To me?) (To you?) (To me?)
Do you remember what the music meant?

Life’s complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes

Do you remember when we couldn’t put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters
When I turn it up loud

There was the one definitive moment
Well, did it mean it to you?
There was that one definitive moment
When it was something new

Life’s complications and frustrations
They disappear when the music starts playing
I found a place where it feels alright
I heard a record and it opened my eyes
Did it mean it to you?

Do you remember when
We couldn’t put away?
Do you remember when
We couldn’t put it away?
Do you remember what the music meant?
And nothing else matters
Yeah nothing else matters
When I turn it up loud
Yeah nothing else matters
When I turn it up loud.

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More Music on This Site

Top Albums of the Year

• Best Albums of 2012
• Best Albums of 2013
• Best Albums of 2014
• Best Albums of 2015
• Best Albums of 2016
• Best Albums of 2017
• Best Albums of 2018

Old Music Tuesdays

Click here for my past Old Music Tuesdays posts. There are too many to list!

Concert Reviews

2013

• Tomahawk (feat. Retox)
• Coheed and Cambria (feat. BTBAM & Russian Circles)
• Palms
• Black Sabbath (feat. Andrew WK)
• Vampire Weekend (feat. Beirut)

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2014

• Fit for a King & For Today
• ††† (Crosses) (feat. Omniflux & Spirit in the Room)
• Soundgarden & NIN 2014

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2015

• Dr. Octagon (feat. Avalon, Gap Dream & No Parents)
• Faith No More (feat. The Urinals)
• Mastodon & Clutch (feat. Graveyard)
• Coheed and Cambria (feat. Seahaven)
• The Appleseed Cast (feat. Adjy & Coaster)
• The Smashing Pumpkins & Marilyn Manson
• Danzig (feat. Cancer Bats & Saviours)
• Imagine Dragons (feat. Halsey & Metric)
• Between the Buried and Me & Animals As Leaders (feat. The Contortionist)
• Deftones & Incubus (feat. Death from Above 1979)
• 2015 Summer Rankings
• Blindside (feat. Hearts Like Lions)
• Puscifer (feat. Luchafer)

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2016

• The Black Queen (feat. Drab Majesty)
• Joe Satriani
• Coheed and Cambria (feat. Glassjaw, I the Mighty, Silver Snakes)
• Killswitch Engage (feat. Memphis May Fire, 36 Crazyfists, and Toothgrinder)
• Andrew Bird (feat. John Grant)
• Lamb of God (feat. Clutch and Corrosion of Conformity)
• At the Drive-In (feat. Le Butcherettes)
• The Dillinger Escape Plan (feat. Author & Punisher)
• Guns N’ Roses (feat. The Cult)
• Animal Collective (feat. Stuart Copeland)
• Alice in Chains (feat. The New Regime)
• Temple of the Dog (feat. Fantastic Negrito)
• Giraffe Tongue Orchestra (cancelled)
• Metallica
• 2016 Concert Rankings

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2017

• August Burns Red (feat. Protest the Hero, In Hearts Wake, ’68)
• Norma Jean (feat. He Is Legend, Capsize, Comrades)
• Red (feat. Wolves at the Gate, Message from Sylvia, Death Therapy) (coming soon)
• Mastodon (feat. Eagles of Death Metal, Russian Circles) (coming soon)
• Pixies (coming soon)
• Tool (feat. Clutch, Fantomas, Primus, Melvins, Crystal Method) (coming soon)
• Rise Against (feat. Deftones, Thrice) (coming soon)
• Green Day
• Dead Cross (feat. Neil Hamburger, Ho99o9) (coming soon)
• Banks (coming soon)
• Between the Buried and Me (feat. The Contortionist, Poluphia, Toothgrinder) (coming soon)
• The Offspring (feat. Well Hung Heart) (coming soon)
• Russian Circles (feat. MGR) (coming soon)
• Our Lady Peace (feat. Smashing Hearts) (coming soon)
• Animals As Leaders (feat. Periphery and Astronoid) (coming soon)

Mike Patton stuff on this website

• Mike Patton’s Guest Spots
• Faith No More concert review
• Old Music Tuesdays: Faith No More
• Faith No More Stripsearch
• Old Music Tuesdays: Mr. Bungle
• Tomahawk concert review
• Tomahawk Red Fox

Chino Moreno stuff on this website

• Chino’s Harder Guest Spots
• Chino’s Softer Guest Spots
• Chino’s Mainstream Work
• Palms concert
• (†††) Crosses concert
• Old Music Tuesday: (†††) Crosses
• Deftones & Incubus (feat. Death from Above 1979)

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