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GIRL AND GIRL
share new single
“HELLO”
The sound of (new) music
from debut album
CALL A DOCTOR
Set for release ahead of
SXSW appearance and
ROYEL OTIS Tour
VIA VIRGIN MUSIC AUSTRALIA (AU/NZ) AND SUB POP (ROW)
LISTEN TO “HELLO” NOW!
PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM HERE
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Photo – James Caswell
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Garage rock four-piece Girl and Girl today announce that their debut full length album, Call A Doctor will be released on Friday 24 May via Virgin Music Australia (AU/NZ) and Sub Pop (rest of world), and is available now for pre-order. To celebrate, the band release lead single and accompanying video “Hello”, serving as a darkly delicious taste of what’s to come.
Girl and Girl will showcase at SXSW in Austin next month, before heading home to perform headline dates throughout April, hitting venues across the East Coast for the Hello Australia Tour. They will then return to the US to support Royel Otis on a mammoth 20-date run.
“Hello” practically bursts through the speakers, amplified by masterful drums and the no-bullshit lyrics and unique tone of singer/songwriter Kai James. The track tells the story of a young man who requires daily consults with health professionals to rationalise his self-destructive thoughts and routines.
“It’s about romanticising your own misery. Letting those deep, dark, dirty thoughts take over. Understanding that even if you could pull yourself out, you wouldn’t because the constant stress and worry is far too familiar and comfortable.” says James.
These experiences are depicted in the single’s accompanying music video, directed by Tayla Lauren, also out today.
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Girl and Girl’s forthcoming record, Call A Doctor is an unforgettable first bow. The audacious and aggressively tuneful blast of an album was recorded during a frenzied two-week creative process at Sundowner Sound in Melbourne, a two-story industrial complex where the band ate, slept and made music in marathon sessions with producer Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, Julia Jacklin, DZ Deathrays, The Drones). It is a record that is so out-and-out alive that you almost feel like you’re in the room with Girl and Girl as you listen to it.
Call A Doctor’s eleven songs—spanning sweeping guitar epics and wry acoustic shuffles to spiky punk manoeuvres and the type of raw, adoringly unvarnished indie-pop associated with legendary label K Records—are literally plucked from James’ personal history, reflecting on past struggles as well as new anxieties that emerged prior to the album’s recording. Call A Doctor lays a lifetime’s worth of woes (such as mental health and the human race’s planned obsolescence) across a canvas of indie rock that feels both timeless and in-the-moment. Though, even as it deals with uneasy topics, the music is still teeming with life. There’s a brazen, bold sense of humour and an undeniable brightness to the darkness that makes it impossible not to be drawn in as a listener.
Feeling bad never sounded so good!
Call A Doctor will be released Friday 24 May via Virgin Music Australia (AU/NZ) and Sub Pop (ROW). Pre-order the album now.
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GIRL AND GIRL
HELLO AUSTRALIA
Tour Dates
Thursday 4 April 2024 – Mo’s Desert Clubhouse, Gold Coast QLD
Friday 5 April 2024 – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast QLD
Saturday 6 April 2024 – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane QLD
Friday 12 April 2024 – The Tote, Melbourne VIC
Saturday 13 April 2024 – Lansdowne, Sydney NSW
Sunday 14 April 2024 – La La Las, Wollongong NSW
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About GIRL AND GIRL
Girl and Girl’s origins lie in Kai James and guitarist Jayden Williams jamming in his mother’s garage after school. One such afternoon, James’ Aunty Liss headed down to their practice space after walking her dog and asked if she could sit in on drums. “It sounded really great,” James recalls. “We begged her to stay, and she said, ‘I’ll stay until you find another drummer.’ We wore her down, and she eventually became a permanent member.”
After bassist Fraser Bell joined to round things out, Girl and Girl hit the road and began to make a name for themselves beyond the Australian bush, eventually signing to Sub Pop off the strength of word of mouth.
Girl and Girl won the inaugural Gold Coast Music Prize in 2022. They’ve toured Europe including performances at The Great Escape and London’s Wide Awake Festival. In 2023 they showcased at SXSW Sydney and next month will follow it up with a performance at SXSW in Austin, before heading home to perform headline Australian dates. They will then return to the US to support Royel Otis on a mammoth 20-date run.
Girl and Girl’s debut album Call A Doctor is set for release on Friday 24 May 2024 via Virgin Music Australia (AU/NZ) and Sub Pop (ROW).
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“Hello” by Girl and Girl out now
Call A Doctor by Girl and Girl out Friday 24 May 2024
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