Listen to Goat Girl’s destructive new single ‘Gossip’

November 19, 2024 10

Goat Girl. Credit: Ella Harris

Goat Girl have released their destructive new single ‘Gossip’ – check it out below.

READ MORE: Goat Girl vs Capitalism, COVID and the Conservatives: “There’s a lot to change”

The electronically forward track was produced by the band – comprising Lottie Pendlebury, Rosy Bones, Holly Mullineaux and the newest addition of Ruby Kyriakides – alongside John ‘Spud’ Murphy (Lankum, Black Midi) in Ireland during the recording of their third album, ‘Below The Waste’.

The haunting and destructive track sees Goat Girl lean into inspirations such as Aphex Twin, Koreless, Tirzah and Gilla Band. Directed and edited by Pendlebury, the song’s accompanying music video shows clips of a house being destroyed, with clips of Pendlebury standing in front of a projector spliced into it.

Speaking about the creation of the stand-alone single in a press release, the band shared: “We started recording ‘Gossip’ in Ireland with John ‘Spud’ Murphy making ‘Below The Waste’ but it felt more like its own thing than a part of the album.

“We took the stems from Dublin and reworked them in London with Ruby. We wanted to lean into its electronic potential and do something quite different sonically. Lyrically, it uses natural imagery as a metaphor for contemplating hearsay and destructive behaviours.”

‘Below The Waste’ marked Goat Girl’s third album, following on from their 2018 self-titled debut and 2021’s ‘On All Fours’.

Elsewhere, Goat Girl are set to embark on a UK headlining tour this week. The shows will kick off on Friday (November 22) at La Belle Angele in Edinburgh and will see the band make stops in Birmingham, Southampton and will wrap up on November 28 at London’s EartH. Check out a full list of dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.