Horsegirl announce debut album ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ with new single ‘Anti-glory’

The Chicago group hit the road for a string of UK and European gigs this summer

Horsegirl have announced their debut studio album ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ – listen to the lead single ‘Anti-glory’ below.

The Chicago trio, who appeared in this year’s NME 100 list, will release their first record on June 3 via Matador. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.

Arriving today (March 10), the entrancing first taste of Horsegirl’s upcoming 12-track LP calls on listeners to “Dance/ Dance/ Dance/ Dance/ With me” over punky electric guitar lines.

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‘Anti-glory’ is accompanied by an Erin Vassilopoulous-directed, split-screen official video, which sees the band performing the song in a minimal studio space. You can watch the visuals here:

“We wrote ‘Anti-glory’ almost by accident while messing around with an old song during rehearsal,” Horsegirl explained in a joint statement.

“The song fell into place immediately, and looking back, we have no idea how we wrote it. As always, this song and album are for Chicago, our friends, our friend’s bands, everyone who can play the guitar, and everyone who can’t play the guitar.”

The forthcoming ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ was recorded with John Agnello (Kurt Vile, The Breeders, Dinosaur Jr.) at Chicago’s Electrical Audio. “It’s our debut bare-bones album in a Chicago institution with a producer who we feel like really respected what we were trying to do,” the band said of the process.

The record will also include the cuts ‘Live And Ski’, ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’, ‘World of Pots And Pans’, ‘The Guitar Is Dead 3’ and ‘Billy’. You can see the full tracklist below.

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Digital:
1. ‘Anti-glory’
2. ‘Beautiful Song’
3. ‘Live and Ski’
4. ‘Bog Bog 1’
5. ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’
6. ‘The Fall Of Horsegirl’
7. ‘Electrolocation 2’
8. ‘Option 8’
9. ‘World Of Pots And Pans’
10. ‘The Guitar Is Dead 3’
11. ‘Homage To Birdnoculars’
12. ‘Billy’

Physical:
1. ‘Electrolocation 1’
2. ‘Anti-glory’
3. ‘Beautiful Song’
4. ‘Live And Ski’
5. ‘Bog Bog 2’
6. ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’
7. ‘The Fall Of Horsegirl’
8. ‘Option 8’
9. ‘World of Pots And Pans’
10. ‘The Guitar Is Dead 3’
11. ‘Homage To Birdnoculars’
12. ‘Billy’

Horsegirl are set to showcase ‘Versions Of Modern Performance’ on their first UK and European headline tour this summer. The new dates will follow appearances at this month’s SXSW in Austin, Texas.

Tickets for the UK/European shows go on sale tomorrow (March 11) at 3pm GMT – you can purchase yours from here.

Horsegirl’s 2022 UK tour dates are as follows:

JUNE
19 – Paper Dress Vintage, London (Early show)
19 – Paper Dress Vintage, London (Late show)
21 – YES (Basement), Manchester
22 – Bermondsey Social Club, London
26 – Rough Trade Bristol, Bristol 

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