The Fat Angel Sings

All girl garage rock group pave the way for the revivalists

The Black Belles are an American garage rock band (or Goth Garage as they put it) who have released one album and a handful of singles on Jack White’s Third Man Records. They make the kind of music that would have appeared on the Nuggets series in the 1970’s. It has one foot in the past, but with one in the present. Clever stuff if you can pull it off. Luckily The Black Belles do.

On the first listen all I could think about was Jack White. The album has his style and production written all over it. Luckily on repeat listens I tuned Jack out and really started to like the album. But there was a nagging question in the back of my mind. Were The Black Belles a real band before they met Jack White, or is…