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Girlpool at the Lexington, February, 2015
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Background information | |
Origin | Los Angeles, California |
Genres | Indie rock, folk punk |
Years active | 2013 | –present
Labels | Anti- |
Website | girlpoolmusic |
Members | Cleo Tucker, Harmony Tividad |
Girlpool is a folk punk band from Los Angeles, California. Its members are Cleo Tucker (guitar, vocals) and Harmony Tividad (bass, vocals). The band does not have a drummer. Their self-titled debut EP was posted on their Bandcamp account in 2014, and re-released on Wichita Recordings later that year, on November 17. The band released its debut album, Before the World Was Big, on June 2, 2015, also on Wichita Recordings. Their second album, Powerplant, was released on May 12, 2017, via Anti-.
Girlpool's eponymous EP received generally favorable reviews from critics, according to Metacritic. In his review of this EP, Chris Conaton compared their sound to "an angrier, socially conscious Kimya Dawson."
Before the World Was Big also received generally favorable reviews from critics, with a 79 out of 100 score on Metacritic. For example, Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene gave it a score of 7.8 out of 10 and described it as "a quiet album of uncommon intensity."