Day 7 of PopLib’s 31 Days of May New Zealand Music Month marathon/ madness comes from Wellington band Girlboss and the swirling dreamy melancholy pop of “Summer Goth” from their recent “Body Con” cassette EP.
Lucy Botting is the songwriter and musician behind Girlboss, writing and recording under the name herself, before assembling a live band with Darian Woods (from their previous project, Wet Wings), Douglas Kelly and Olivia Campion.
“Summer Goth” is a perfect kind of lost summer pop song, the refrain “How does it feel?” a question without an answer, floating in that uncertain, ambiguous space between happiness and sadness, acceptance and regret. The simplicity of the swirling effect-glazed rhythm guitar and chiming lead guitar melody evokes the same kind of sunlight haze of songs on those early Felt albums.
The cassette of the “Body Con” EP is available from Ball of Wax Records.
Here’s a video for the title track “Body Con” too:
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