The Virgins may be a touch inexperienced, but in this case, naiveté proves to be an asset. Their self-titled debut, released this past summer, is an unabashed pop record, the kind of dulcet confection that one would most readily associate with an artist like Madonna, not a rock band from New York City—and certainly not a New York City rock band circa 2008, with the detached cool of bands like the Strokes and Interpol still casting a long shadow over the Lower East Side. But the Virgins, perhaps due in part to their rather unusual genesis, don't seem burdened by the typical baggage and expectations. In fact, if you ask frontman and chief songwriter Don Cumming, the whole rock-band thing is little more than an unexpected, albeit not... More >>>