Goat Girl share ‘sleep talk (chamber ensemble)’ and announce new EP 'Below The Waste - Orchestrated' (out 18th June)
Following the recent anniversary of their critically-acclaimed third album Below The Waste, South London luminaries Goat Girl unveil an exciting new venture. Cherry-picked from the 16-track Rough Trade-released record, Below The Waste - Orchestrated reimagines 4 unsung cuts and shines an entirely new light on them.
Recorded and mixed at Total Refreshment Centre by Syd Kemp (caroline, Thurston Moore) and mastered by Harvel Birrell (Lankum, black midi), the pieces were scored and arranged by Goat Girl and played live in the room with a DIY chamber ensemble made up of rising young musicians and artists in their own right Aga Ujma & Slow Cooked.
Heavy with atmosphere and intention, ‘sleep talk (chamber ensemble)’ sets the tone for the rest of the EP as a gut-wrenching string quartet stand in place of the uncanny mellotron parts on the original track. Almost entirely removing Goat Girl’s pummeling rhythm section, the band’s signature three-part harmonies find a welcome new home amongst the rich classical instrumentation, allowing Lottie Pendlebury’s tender words to hit harder than ever.
The EP will arrive ahead of Goat Girl’s long-awaited debut headline tour in North America this September & October, where they’ll be supported by the transcendental Maria BC.
**Stream Below The Waste - Orchestrated in full **
Orchestra:
Beth Elliott - violin
Matteo Hager - violin
Freya Hicks - viola
Lou Barby - cello
Alex Lyon - bass clarinet
Gail Tasker - flute
Aga Ujma - harp
Holly Mullineaux - bass/vox
Ruby Kyriakides - scoring/piano/vox
Lottie Pendlebury - scoring/guitar/lead vox
Roost Jones - scoring/percussion/vox
Tracklist:
sleep talk (chamber ensemble)
perhaps (chamber ensemble)
tcnc (chamber ensemble)
wasting (chamber ensemble)
Live:
15.06 - We Are The Many Festival (EartH), London
18.07 - Astroshow Open Air, Bordeaux
20.07 - Midi Festival, Toulin
27.09 - Levitation, Austin
29.09 – Casbah, San Diego
30.09 – Zebulon, LA
01.10 – Constellation Room, Santa Ana
02.19 – Bottom of the Hill, SF
04.10 – Mississippi Studios, Portland
05.10 – Madame Lou’s, Seattle
07.19 – Turf Club, Minneapolis
08.10 – Sleeping Village, Chicago
10.10 – Garrison, Toronto
11.10 – Esco, Montreal
12.10 – Rockwell, Boston
13.10 – Johnny Brenda’s, Philly
15.10 – Baby’s All Right, Brooklyn
17.10 – Pearl St, Washington DC
Press:
“Now, the band’s mastery of balance lies mostly in their production. Below the Waste welds Goat Girl’s scrap-metal clanging to the more subtle garage-pop groove of On All Fours, creating a more refined version of the band’s music. They’re jumping into filth, and doing it with style.” - Pitchfork
“Weaving field recordings of animal noises, rainfall, and laughter into a rich instrumental tapestry, the project is an intricately layered exploration of the push and pull between an idealised natural world and our destructive urban realities.” - DIY
“Goat Girl have never sought to write the same song twice. Live, the band’s performances are like peering down at a petri dish – they throw ideas out, and see what happens.”- Clash
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