Horsegirl / Phonetics On And On
Album: | Phonetics On And On | Collection: | A-File | |
Artist: | Horsegirl | Added: | Feb 2025 | |
Label: | Matador Records |
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2025-03-16 | Pull Date: | 2025-06-17 |
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Week Ending: | Mar 30 |
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Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Apr 03, 2025: | Oh Messy Life
Julie |
3. | Feb 25, 2025: | Strum, Pick, and Thrash
Rock City |
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2. | Mar 24, 2025: | Virtually Happy
Julie |
Album Review
Wallace Brontoon
Reviewed 2025-03-15
Reviewed 2025-03-15
Chicago-area trio of young women now with their second album, released by Matador. Music is wistful and sweet, dense with hooks and three-part harmony; shaggy and rockin guitars and drums; elements of folk and twee and mopey and rockin and everything
RIYL: The Raincoats, Modern Lovers, Belle+Sebastian, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, really a soup of everything smart and cool —— FCC Clean!
1. (1:41) ****** Rollicking out the gates...galloping drums “where’d you go”; la la las and sweet harmonies; short but what a track
2. (3:49) ***** Twangy midtempo, sweet and sour; “woo-hoo”s abound... hypnotic outtro
3. (4:37) ***** Languid and sleepy, “every car that passes by drives to you..." Somber and sober and dreamy
4. (3:18) ******* Dreamy alt-country fiddling, transitions to uptempo deadpan hootenanny harmony “shadadadada”; becomes deranged and ecstatic and lovely
5. (3:29) ****** Killer new wave-style bass; “...out your window...”; uptempo sing-songy but cool
6. (4:37) ***** Plaintive and spare, epistolary; “dot dot dot dot..."; slow and simmering and wistful
7. (3:06) ***** Determined rhythm into chant “switch over/switch off”; hypnotic and simple groove full of harmony
8. (4:03) **** Plunky intro, pipey vox translates into “woo hoo” relatively spacey groove
9. (2:53) ***** Flamenco-toned guitars with mysterious rhythms and vibes, vox alluring and daydreamy in parts; repetitive and hypnotic
10. (3:42) ****** Clockwork deliberative drumming; harmony like polished metal “and they say ‘da da da da ta da...'"; cool channel separation and round-like structure; hauntingly dense and beautiful; shaggy ending and quick fade-out
11. (2:31) ****** Rollicking and sweet harmony, catchy and twee and so sweet and cool
RIYL: The Raincoats, Modern Lovers, Belle+Sebastian, Pavement, Talulah Gosh, really a soup of everything smart and cool —— FCC Clean!
1. (1:41) ****** Rollicking out the gates...galloping drums “where’d you go”; la la las and sweet harmonies; short but what a track
2. (3:49) ***** Twangy midtempo, sweet and sour; “woo-hoo”s abound... hypnotic outtro
3. (4:37) ***** Languid and sleepy, “every car that passes by drives to you..." Somber and sober and dreamy
4. (3:18) ******* Dreamy alt-country fiddling, transitions to uptempo deadpan hootenanny harmony “shadadadada”; becomes deranged and ecstatic and lovely
5. (3:29) ****** Killer new wave-style bass; “...out your window...”; uptempo sing-songy but cool
6. (4:37) ***** Plaintive and spare, epistolary; “dot dot dot dot..."; slow and simmering and wistful
7. (3:06) ***** Determined rhythm into chant “switch over/switch off”; hypnotic and simple groove full of harmony
8. (4:03) **** Plunky intro, pipey vox translates into “woo hoo” relatively spacey groove
9. (2:53) ***** Flamenco-toned guitars with mysterious rhythms and vibes, vox alluring and daydreamy in parts; repetitive and hypnotic
10. (3:42) ****** Clockwork deliberative drumming; harmony like polished metal “and they say ‘da da da da ta da...'"; cool channel separation and round-like structure; hauntingly dense and beautiful; shaggy ending and quick fade-out
11. (2:31) ****** Rollicking and sweet harmony, catchy and twee and so sweet and cool
Track Listing
1. | Where'd You Go? (1:41) | 7. | Switch Over (3:06) | |||
2. | Rock City (3:49) | 8. | Information Content (4:03) | |||
3. | In Twos (4:37) | 9. | Frontrunner (2:53) | |||
4. | 2 4 6 8 (3:18) | 10. | Sport Meets Sound (3:42) | |||
5. | Well I Know You're Shy (3:29) | 11. | I Can't Stand to See You (2:31) | |||
6. | Julie (4:37) | . |