Cult London faves Goat Girl are taking on the world with their much-anticipated second album, ‘On All Fours’.
By: Aleksandra Brzezicka.
Even before they released their remarkable self-titled debut album in 2018, Goat Girl’s razor-sharp post-punk was a South London sensation. When the scene hailed them as one of the best upcoming bands around, it was both exciting and a bit suffocating for the foursome. Sticking to their guns, they holed up in Dan Carey’s studio to press personal struggles and growth into their brand-new record, ‘On All Fours’.
Amid the second UK lockdown, three of the dream team - Clottie Cream, L.E.D. and recent addition Holly Hole (minus Rosy Bones, who was otherwise engaged) - jumped on Zoom to talk about all things concerning their second album.
The album name itself, ‘On All Fours’, came as a revelation when Clottie was going through John Barth’s fleetingly-popular 1966 novel Giles Goat-Boy, the story of a human boy raised as a goat, and read the phrase aloud.
“We’d been talking about how we keep playing four-to-the-floor beats, and Lottie thought it was called fall-to-the-floor for ages, which we kept joking about, so it just kind of connected,” Holly explains.
They like to play word games, so the reference means more to them than just the idea that they’re stronger when working together.
“It was also primal, kind of animalistic... I don’t know if ‘urge’ is the right word, but it lends itself to that world. [The book’s] also kind of promiscuous and talks about being submissive or dominant, like sexual as well. It just sat with the vibe of the record,” she adds.
