CMJ review of MonChiChi. fans of blondie, ladytron,rapture

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CMJ New Music Report(the world's largest industry trade magazine) reviewed the Mon Chi Chi CD in their new section "A&R ALERT" saying:
Mon Chi Chi-Survival of the Hippest
This Virginia-based seven piece band may be named after some of the cuddliest creatures to come out of the '80s, but before you go expecting kids' stuff, pay a little more attention to the album title. Bandleader and main songwriter Bobby Azarian embraces both irony and cool in just the right measures to get away with writing a lyric like "She has 20/20, but she's so cute in glasses"(The Dawning of a Dance Era;corretion:actually written by drummer Matt Davis), and calling one of the songs "Sylvia's Savvy, Yet Still Unhappy." But what really makes Survival of the Hippest stand out is the dual vocals of singers Melissa Ball and Natalie Prass-on lead track "Lunar Nights," you could swear you're listening to "Rapture"-era Blondie, but elsewhere, as on the title track, it comes off more like the seductive side of Shirley Manson. And, best of all, they've got a bass player called Turbo. If, as the crew says, "Only the hippest will survive," Mon Chi Chi could well be on a path toward inheriting the Earth.