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Moving in grittier directions - horsegirl are back with a celebration of their Chicago scenes. With nods towards their scruffy pop and grunge favourite, the new track ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’ offers up a livelier side to the band.

As another teaser from their upcoming debut album, Versions of Modern Performance, this track seems to celebrate their origins alongside a video featuring their musical peers and friends in Chicago. Prepping to release a highly anticipated album, the band have been grinding away since their early teens, starting out in a high school basement. Now with the release drawing closer, ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’ feels especially perfect as a homage to the past and a big boisterous, excited step into the future. 

Talking about the track and video, the band said; “The three of us filmed the ‘Dirtbag Transformation (Still Dirty)’ video over one day in Penelope’s elementary school. The video provides a small look into our Chicago youth scene—it includes members of bands like Lifeguard, Friko, Dwaal Troupe, and Post Office Winter all grouped into oddball bands with weird gimmicks. We always have the best time making our videos with our friends in spaces we feel connected to. All of our friends showed up with various assortments of clothing and props, like wooden spoons, a bowling shirt collection, and an accordion. We wanted to harness the strangeness of everything that was brought to us, and wanted to showcase all of the people and bands that mean so much to us.” 

Versions of Modern Performance arrive 3 June via Matador

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