Former frontwoman of Boston indie pop bands Drop Nineteens, Boy Wonder, and Hot Rod, not to mention a sometime member of the Bee Gees tribute band the Boy Joys, Paula Kelley is a genuine pure pop auteur who is not in need of bandmates to confirm her considerable talents. In the process, she has emerged as an impressively versatile songwriter, conversant in the various strains of indie pop, bubblegum, and twee pop. Turning her love of the Pixies and Carole King into an ear for creating hybrid sounds, Kelley found herself riding a wave of college-press hype and European touring during her stint in the short-lived Drop Nineteens, a leading light in the American shoegaze scene during the alternative rock salad days of the early '90s. Not content to be a supporting player, Kelley bided her time unhappily until preemptively leaving the band a year before their demise in 1994.
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