Before the World Was Big

レーベルと契約を交わし一年間の間にリリースした音源はEP一作だけ。それにも関わらず既にLAのインディー・キッズの間で大きな支持を得ている彼女たちが待望のデビュー・アルバムをリリース。エレキギターとベース、たったの二本から奏でられるローファイでパンキッシュなサウンドに、可愛らしい声でゆるいメロディーに乗せて歌うメッセージ性の強いリリックが何とも癖になる一枚!その抜群の相性でLAのキッズたちを魅了し、今最も注目すべき若き二人組!レコーディングにはレーベルメイト・バンド、Swearin'からKyleGilbrideが参加!

Emerging from the Los Angeles indie underground in 2014, Girlpool sounded like no other act, employing a deceptively simple formula to deliver their raw tales of teenage woe, joy, and confusion. Using just electric guitar and bass to accompany their voices, Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad delivered a brief self-titled EP that was heartfelt, funny, powerful, and twice as punk at half the volume. Seeking a change of pace, the two friends relocated to Philadelphia at the end of the year, where they teamed up with Kyle Gilbride (Swearin', Waxahatchee) to record their full-length debut, Before the World Was Big. Still just shy of their twenties, Tucker and Tividad approach the world with cautious abandon, looking backward with lines like "I just miss how it felt standing next to you, wearing matching dresses before the world was big" even as they willfully place themselves in a new city on an unfamiliar coast where unknown possibilities await. The growth between their EP and this album is evident in the sophistication of their playing and the subtlety of their tone, which is still as vulnerable as before but comes from a more introspective and mature place. Slower, wistful tracks like the acoustic "Dear Nora" and the gently ambient "Pretty" expand the scope of Girlpool's sound but still live within their unique framework, which is still totally unencumbered and very direct. Vocally, Tucker and Tividad are wonderfully unpredictable, effectively trading verses and lines, or more often singing together in both harmony and unison and supporting one another in the face of uncertainty, like on the standout track "Chinatown." Even more than on their first release, Girlpool feel like a unit, totally locked into each other musically and emotionally, and their stark presentation remains a boon to their risky and appealingly human songs. ~ Timothy Monger|

LA出身/フィラデルフィアに住むティーンエイジ・ガールズ・デュオが放ったこの処女作は、何とも憎めないゆる～いローファイ・パンク盤に。ギター&ベースのみのスッカスカな演奏が、少し舌っ足らずの掛け合いヴォーカルを際立たせ、そこから零れ落ちる無垢なムードに胸キュン必至。スウェアリンのカイルがゲスト参加するなど、同業者からの注目度も高そうで、これは近い将来に化けそうな気がします!
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