In Conversation With #081 - Gaygirl
South London’s Gaygirl have released their much-anticipated debut album Pleasurehead via Permanent Creeps - which sees the band gripping hard on a raw emotional grunge sound with dashes of alt-pop wonder. Their unique sound makes it impossible to ignore - we had a chat with the band about the album.
So the debut EP is out there - how does it feel?
It feels great that it’s finally out in the world, we recorded it a while back now so it was a moment we had been anticipating and getting excited about for ages.
The EP is called ‘Pleasurehead’, does that have a certain meaning or story?
Pleasurehead is the name of the third track on the EP, the song itself is about just completely losing it after trying to fit in with other people’s expectations. Other songs on the EP also explore this theme a bit in other ways, so as a term in itself it felt like the right title for the EP.
It is being released via Permanent Creeps, how did that partnership come about?
Lloyd put on a Permanent Creeps night which we played at and said he’d be up for releasing something with us, so it all came about very naturally. This is our second release with him and everything has worked out pretty well together.
The EP itself doesn't have a key theme or concept, but each song feels like it has its own journey or story to tell. So what holds all the songs together to make the EP?
Yeah you’re right, the EP doesn’t have an overall key theme but the songs do weave in and out of lyrical/musical content which ties them together. The songs were written at different times, but for us we felt that it was the right time to release a whole body of work as opposed to just a single - these particular songs really make sense side by side with each other.
How do you feel this EP differs from your earlier singles?
It’s different in the sense that our previous singles were heavier, in some ways more upfront tracks, whereas the songs on this EP really do show the other side of us which, unless you’ve seen us live, is something not everyone would be aware of. Because of this, an EP feels far more exposing in a lot of ways.
Do you have a favorite lyric on the EP? If so, which one and why?
‘Keep yourself aligned with my hips, my doubt in your righteous steps’ - it’s a lyric from ‘Killing It’. I like it because it’s a theme explored in each of the songs but it rounds up the feeling in just a few words - self-doubt, allowing yourself to follow a voice louder than your own, even if you’re not sure that’s what you actually want to do.