While I might not have counted myself among their fans, I could appreciate what people like Meredith Brooks and Shirley Manson of Garbage were accomplishing. Take the Decatur, Georgia-based trio Lift, for example. Their recent release September EP shows the maturity and musical development that many of the artists who presently enjoy airplay have, only they're still struggling to make a name for themselves.
Chances are that's a statistic that's going to change real soon.
Second, their harmonies are ethereal, if maybe a tad underutilized. The richness of the music on September EP makes it seem like there's more than three people creating the sounds that burst forth from your speakers. And it's not that Lift pigeonholes themselves as a light-pop band. Normally, I'm saying that I can't formulate a fair opinion on a band based on 20 minutes of music. I would have been a happy camper if this had been a full-length disc.