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Forever Free is the debut album by LA's favorite avant-rockers The Spirit Girls. The band has an interesting origin - it grew out of "The Spirit Girls: Songs that Never Die," a rock opera created by noted LA artist Marnie Weber. As an original member of LA's legendary '80s band The Party Boys, Marnie had little trouble recruiting the musicians she needed. Such notable musicians as Dani Tull (Polar Bear), Tamara Sussman (Bertha Mason and The Polio Kids), Tanya Haden (Silver Sun Pickups & the Haden Three) and Debbie Spinelli (Rad Waste, 17 Pygmies) all signed on as active members of the Spirit Girls. The opera follows a group of ghost girls on a fairytale-like journey as they search for a place to perform their songs and tell their stories. Forever Free chronicles the lives and deaths of the Spirit Girls through expressive, multi-dimensional vocals, powerful, melodic guitars, thick psychedelic synths, and mournful cello riffs. The Spirit Girls' sound has been described as something of a cross between Sonic Youth, King Crimson and 17th Century French Romantic paintings.