Girlpool - Powerplant '2017

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Life has been a whirl for Girlpool since the release of their acclaimed 2015
debut Before the World Was Big. Shortly before the record came out, Harmony
Tividad and Cleo Tucker relocated from their hometown of Los Angeles all the way
across the country to Philadelphia, where they quickly became embedded in the
local D.I.Y. scene. Girlpool made their mark with a spare, simple sound —
two guitars and two voices, with absolutely nothing else accompanying them. It
was an original, intimate sound, and it made the two sound like they were united
against the rest of the world. But on their new album, Powerplant,
they’re trying something else. They’re playing with a full band.
Over 10 days in August 2016, Girlpool holed up at Los Angeles’ comp-ny
studios to record and mix Powerplant with Drew Fischer. For the first time,
Harmony and Cleo were joined by a third performer, drummer Miles Wintner, a
friend who easily meshed with the tightknit duo. The 12 tracks that compose
Powerplant grow and burn with greater fire than the duo have possessed
heretofore. Both bandmates were heavily inspired by Elliott Smith, the
Cranberries, the Cocteau Twins, Brian Eno, Arthur Russell, and Graham Nash; the
influence of each appear in the record’s deliberate and intricate guitar
work (“Fast Dust,” “She Goes By”) as well as its embrace
of dissonant noise (“Corner Store,” “Soup”). Perhaps
what really makes Powerplant a home run is that Girlpool understand exactly how
to use their incisive lyrics, soft textures, hushed harmonies, and soaring hooks
for maximum emotional impact. In these moments, when Harmony and Cleo’s
voices join together to deliver transcendent transmissions straight from their
hearts, Girlpool become a league of their own.

Cleo Tucker, guitar, vocals
Harmony Tividad, bass, vocals
Miles Wintner, drums

01 - 123
02 - Sleepless
03 - Corner Store
04 - Your Heart
05 - Kiss and Burn
06 - Fast Dust
07 - Powerplant
08 - High Rise
09 - Soup
10 - She Goes By
11 - It Gets More Blue
12 - Static Somewhere

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