Let It Sink In, You're Sinking

Posting John Cale's video yesterday has got the YouTube algorithms working overtime, convinced that I have more than a passing interest in videos featuring human beings in oversized puppet heads. Luckily, Australian four-piece Girl And Girl stepped up to the mark by releasing their single and video, Mother, on Sunday (24th).

 

It's the first I've heard of them, so I don't have much of an opinion other than that this is a pleasing racket, lyrics that are inspired by (or aspire to be) Sparks, at least in terms of structure, word play and repetition. The video itself is a visually diverting narrative of a mother and baby though even as I was watching it, I wondered if it was also a distraction from the fact that, at four minutes, the song was a minute or so too long. Repeated listens will confirm or reject that first impression. 

I know next to nothing about Girl And Girl but according to the record label bio, the band appear to have been around since 2020, have released a ton of singles and EPs via Bandcamp, signed to Sub Pop last year, touring the UK including the Dot To Dot Festival in Bristol and are poised to issue their debut album Call A Doctor on 24th May.

 

Hello was the first single from the album, with a relatively conventional video to boot.

 

Girl And Girl comprises Kai James (vocals, guitar), Jayden Williams (guitar), Fraser Bell (bass) and Kai's Aunty Liss aka Melissa James (drums), the latter continuing a trend of aunties and uncles in bands that first made an impression on me with Tubeway Army and Gary Numan's uncle in the late 1970s.

 

Curiosity aside, Girl And Girl haven't immediately gone on my Bandcamp Friday shopping list but if you like what you hear, they're touring Australia and the USA in April and May before playing the Les Eurokennees (France) and End Of The Road (England) festivals in the summer.