New Girls - "Solitude"

Girls' pretty up-all-night video for "Hellhole Ratrace" captured the song's romantic somnambulance perfectly. The harmonica-lined "Solitude," which shows up as the "Hellhole Ratrace" 10" B-Side, conjures an after-hours feel, but with a prom-y two-step (a la Modest Mouse's appropriately titled "Sleepwalking") and a half-awake, much older Bright Eyes-enunciation. The track's called "Solitude," but Christopher Owens and Chet "JR" White are anything but lonely in the above pic. Their 12-song Album is forthcoming, which should find them even more friends.

Girls - "Solitude" (MP3)
(Via GvsB)

Album is out 9/22 via via True Panther Sounds/Matador.

[Photo by Sandy Kim]

Posted at 1:45 PM by brandon in MP3
Tags: Girls

6 Comments

i think i like these guys. sf is finally making some noise...

Posted by: public school whitey at 07/02/09 2:33 PM | Reply
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Perfectly suits the mood to this cloudy, is it going to rain or not, kind of day.

Posted by: d33r at 07/02/09 2:46 PM | Reply
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i love these guys

Posted by: chris at 07/02/09 2:48 PM | Reply
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I can't help thinking they've come up with one of the best album titles ever.

Very original band — for whatever reason, I'm hearing a soulful Violent Femmes in there with some Arcade Fire action...

Very pretty.

Posted by: derek at 07/03/09 4:09 PM | Reply
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Heard this on 101X while lounging under the starry sky, and melted into my chair. Perfect chill mood music IMHO. Can't wait to hear more. =)

Posted by: Jawnuffin at 07/09/09 12:48 AM | Reply
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Here's a video I shot of Girls first ever live performance of Solitude at the Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqfoaG3L_0I

Posted by: Forest Haiss at 07/12/09 9:46 PM | Reply
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