Goat Girl have just announced that they will be releasing their third studio album, Below the Waste, on June 7th via Rough Trade Records.
The London trio - consisting of Lottie Pendlebury (she/her), Rosy Jones (they/them) and Holly Mullineaux (she/her) - co-produced the album alongside John 'Spud' Murphy (Lankum & black midi).
Additionally, Goat Girl have shares the album's lead single, "ride around." The song comes alongside a music video that was directed and produced by award-winning South London production company Foreign Body Productions.
Lead track 'ride around' celebrates honest and authentic relationships. Pendlebury explains "I dreamt of conversations that stripped away all the etiquettes and went below the surface to where the most interesting parts of ourselves tend to be suppressed. At the time, I was listening to lots of Phillip Glass and Deerhoof, music that plays with the relationship between tensions and resolution, which definitely influenced this song." The "ride around" video plays on these themes, "exploring outsiderdom via both desire for and fear of connection," the video's directors say.
Watch the video for "ride around" below.
Below The Waste is available for pre-order from Rough Trade Records here. Additionally, Goat Girl will embark on a short UK tour in March, followed by more extensive touring, including dates in North America to be announced soon.
Artwork:
Below the Waste coverart
Track-listing:
01 reprise 02 ride around 03 words fell out 04 play it down 05 tcnc 06 where's ur <3 07 prelude 08 tonight 09 motorway 10 s.m.o.g 11 take it away 12 pretty faces 13 perhaps 14 jump sludge 15 sleep talk 16 wasting
Tour dates:
Fri 22nd March - Hebden Bridge, Wainsgate Chapel Sat 23rd March - Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach Sun 24th March - Nottingham, Bodega Tue 26th March - Margate, Where Else? Wed 27th March - Norwich, Norwich Arts Centre Thu 28th March - London, ICA
