buffyleigh
4
I never heard of them, I'm glad to listen to this record. It's really entertaining quality pop punk/post-punk. Good riffs, a bit of surf on top of it, good vocals (in the genre), strong vocal harmonies/backing vocals. At first I was going to give it a 4 and it actually gets better, there are stronger tunes in the middle of the album and even some darker melodies at some point.
In the late 1970s, Belinda Carlisle, Jane Wiedlin, and Margot Olavarria were at the infamous last gig by the Sex Pistols and realised that they could do a lot better than the shambolic mess on stage. They played gigs for a couple of years, tweaking their sound to pop punk (with a hint of surf guitar) before releasing this phenomenal debut album in 1981. We Got The Beat is the ultimate new wave banger and is guaranteed to get you moving!