B*Witched: B*Witched : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone

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The mission: Replicate the girl-power disco of Britney Spears, All Saints and the Spice Girls while tapping into the American people's fondness for all things cute and Irish. The operatives: B*Witched, four Dublin teens spliced from the same effervescent DNA. B*Witched include twin sisters Edele and Keavy Lynch, as well as Sinead O'Carroll and Lindsay Armaou, singing with a trace of that British Isles brogue that's been charming us out of our money from Sheena Easton to Shirley Manson. Their music, in case you couldn't guess, is just great when it's fast and perky, and annoying when it slows down. But B*Witched hit it right on the nose in gems like "C'est La Vie," where the Celtic soul sisters get jiggy over the kind of beats that let anyone turn into a teenage girl for a few minutes. B*Witched is a cheerfully catchy summary of the state of the slumber party -- the sound of nice girls acting tough, all in the name of pop. (RS 810)

ROB SHEFFIELD