Guilty About Girls

Candy Candy

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Jordy Birch and Mark Henning, ex controversial 90’s rock band, Pure, (Anna Was A Speed Freak, Denial) release their new single “Candy Candy” as Guilty About Girls. The duo has created a sweetly melodic pop song with enough sour to keep from cloying. Birch emerges from a 10 year recording absence sensitive but still cocksure and, unabashedly pro-female – the band’s name a reference to his own scrutiny over gender disparity. “I was having a conversation at a party” says Birch “and someone came out and said to me ‘You know what, you’re guilty about girls’ – I am, and I knew immediately there was a band name there”.

He’s still petulant after all these years but, relaxed into his outrage. Through fatherhood, divorce and life in general Birch’s observations have become more focused. The music has grown up too, “Candy Candy” marries his twin loves of rock and electronica with a grace unavailable to both the artist and the industry circa 1997’s “Generation 6 Pack”. “I wanted to do so much with the Pure and the website back then but it was impossible,” says Birch, “I walked away because it wasn’t fun. Now I’m having fun.”