Goat Girl / On All Fours
Artist Goat Girl
Album Title: On All Fours
Album Cover:
Primary Genre Alternative
Format AIFF 16.44.1
Released 01/29/2021
Label Rough Trade
Catalog No RT0154CD
Bar Code No 1 91402 01542 3
Packaging Cardboard Gatefold
Tracks
1. Pest (4:02)
2. Badibaba (4:11)
3. Jazz (In The Supermarket) (4:35)
4. Once Again (4:17)
5. P.T.S. Tea (3:44)
6. Sad Cowboy (5:17)
7. The Crack (3:13)
8. Closing In (3:36)
9. Anxiety Feels (3:40)
10. They Bite On You (3:46)
11. Bang (4:28)
12. Where Do We Go From Here? (4:15)
13. A-Men (5:34)
Date Acquired 04/09/2021
Personal Rating
Acquired from Rough Trade Records
Purchase Price 11.33

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Notes

Gatefold card sleeve. Includes foldout lyrics and credits sheet.
All songs written and performed by Goat Girl
(P) and (C) 2020 Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Artwork – Aidan Evans-Jesra, Toby Evans-Jesra
Engineer – Alexis Smith
Producer, Mixed By – Dan Carey
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Copyright © – Rough Trade Records Ltd.
Barcode (Text): 1 91402 01542 3
Label Code: LC-11945

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Reviews
On All Fours Review by Heather Phares:

Even for a young, buzzed-about band, the three years between Goat Girl's self-titled debut album and its follow-up On All Fours were notable. Along with more typical shake-ups like lineup changes (bassist Holy Hole stepped in for founding member Naima Jelly), the group endured guitarist/vocalist L.E.D.'s diagnosis of stage four Hodgkin's lymphoma and six-month course of chemotherapy. Happily, Goat Girl's second album reveals that they've only grown stronger together in the wake of these events. There's a greater feeling of connection and cohesion in these songs -- which makes sense, since they took a collaborative approach to songwriting this time out -- and their experimental and pop impulses are more clearly defined and cleverly integrated. Better organization may not seem that interesting in theory, but On All Fours' results certainly are. Clearing away the punk-country-goth fusion of their early days lets Goat Girl play with new instrumentation and expansive song structures, both of which shine on "Sad Cowboy"'s moody, synth-fortified dance-punk and on "Jazz (In the Supermarket)"'s swelling brass and tangled guitars. They're even more skilled at stretching their music into ambitious experiments and letting it snap back into hooky pop, sometimes in the course of the same song. "The Crack" evolves from surging rock to a cascading coda, mirroring the song's tale of people in search of a new planet after ruining Earth. While Goat Girl frequently take a more abstract songwriting approach on On All Fours, their subjects are as pointed as always. The quietly confrontational energy of Goat Girl's "Creep" continues on "PTS Tea," which turns the time L.E.D. (who is nonbinary) was burned by hot tea by another passenger on a ferry into a swirling round of unanswered questions about identity and respect. On "Anxiety Feels," Clottie Cream and L.E.D. murmur "I don't wanna be on those pills" over glassy guitars and beats that convey how slippery mental well-being can often be. Both nervier and more confident than their debut, On All Fours is a huge step forward from a band that's well-equipped to bring post-punk's legacy into the future.
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