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Girl Friday
12+ albums
GrungealternativeGarage Rockindieindie rock
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There are at least three bands named Girl Friday, one from Los Angeles, another from New York City, and another from Winnipeg, Canada #1 Girl Friday is an indie rock band from Los Angeles, California consisting of Libby Hsieh (bass, vocals), Vera Ellen (guitar, vocals), Sierra Scott (guitar, vocals), and Virginia Pettis (drums, vocals). The band's debut album "Androgynous Mary" was issued in 2020. #2 Amidst legions of bands that play the Lower East Side clubs in New York City, Girl Friday stands out as one to watch. Fronted by charismatic singer-guitarist Amanda Dora, who hails from the Midwest, and backed by Texan natives Byron Isaacs on bass and Konrad Meissner on drums, this rock trio is steadily gaining a cult following. While doing session work as a cellist in the late 90s, Amanda started writing a group of songs that would eventually become the nucleus of Girl Friday’s first record. She met Byron and Konrad through mutual friends in 2001 and the three have been making trouble together ever since. Released on their own Get Fresh Records, Swimmer features songs who's themes range from personal, and at times confessional, to social and universal. Its sonic landscapes draw as much inspiration from the immediacy of indie rock bands like The Shins as they do from the aggressive energy of artists like PJ Harvey. Combining haunting and evocative melodic textures with muscular, up-tempo rhythms, Swimmer makes for a mesmerizing listen. Producer Pete Keppler, just off tour do
