There’s a lot of buzz around things you can’t un-see, but what about things you can’t un-hear?

Those Darlings, an all girl pop trio are marketed as punk-country. As interesting as that may sound, they are anything but spectacular. Their bored stage presence and inability to play instruments are merely a few of their lack-luster characteristics.. In fact, the only thing they really have going for them, in terms of a music career, is their sex appeal. Take three prettyfaced southern girls in daisy dukes, give them a record label, and it seems one has the makings of the next Taylor Swift. Except, Taylor Swift can actually sing and play guitar, kind of.

One cannot blame Kelley Darlin, Jessi Darlin, and Nikki Darlin for this, however. The music industry is infamous for taking good looking people without talent and helping them find a way to sell records. By marketing these young women as “tough, sexy, and vulnerable” they peg girl bands as such. Perhaps feminism and overcoming gender oppression isn’t really their thing. But unfortunately, making good music apparently isn’t either.