With EP number one just out and an elusive run of shows at South By South West festival (where they were the talk of the town) under their belt, just ahead of a packed fesitval summer including shows at The Great Escape Festival, Roskilde, Bergenfest or Reeperbahn Festival, Swedish break out act Girl Scout is preparing the release of their second EP, with first single “Monster” arriving in early May.
During the release of their debut EP Real Life Human Garbage, the quartet managed to get their name on many people’s hot lists, both critic’s and listener’s alike. NME, DORK, Under The Radar and more tipped them as ones to watch in 2023, others predicting the same shooting star career as Wet Leg. Features in Clash, The Times, The Guardian, Gaffa, Atwood, Billboard, diffus, Visions and too many more to name them all here sang the band’s paean as one of the most innovative and energetic newcomers around, likening them to Alvvays, Phoebe Bridgers, The Smile or Big Thief. The songs aired on radio stations all over the world, from BBC 1 to 6 Music, P3, Amazing Radio, Triple J, Double J, FluxFM, Puls, egoFM and a lot more.
“It’s been pretty wild! The best thing about it is that the venues are getting bigger and more and more people are coming to the shows. People are starting to sing along to the songs which is just unfathomable, nothing makes us happier than that,” the band recaps the last months. Girl Scout could take a break and bathe in these achievements, instead they keep going.
On their sophomore EP the Swedes explore more musical realms: “There’s some heartland sounding stuff going on, and there’s a power-ballad,” the band muses. “And then of course we have a couple rockers in there, too. We wanted to explore some new ground without abandoning the foundation we built with the first EP.” Granny Music, like Real Life Human Garbage, was produced by Ali Chant; it features more edge, a rougher tone and an overall even more ambitious interpretation of the Girl Scout sound.
Lyrically, the new songs move away from the nostalgic yearning and anxiousness of the debut: “There’s a lot of divulging into childhood memories, family dynamics and romantic relationships, and more personal stories embedded throughout. The dynamic spectrum of Granny Music is wider; there are both softer and heavier songs on this EP.”
Granny Music features five brand new songs, all of which have been tried and tested during Girl Scout’s invigorating live shows, some of them fan favourites already. Like the first single “Monster”, a big, loud rock song about giving into your dark side, starting out almost acoustic, then steam rolling over its listeners. Heartbreaking 90s flavoured “Boy In Blue” and poignant “Millionaire” take it slow and deal with feelings of growing up and
growing apart. “Bruises”, a song that incites goosebumps during the band’s softer live moments (it’s the above mentioned power ballad), is a soft-skinned homage to the love shared between a grandmother and a grandchild. Closing the EP, Emma’s appreciation of her parents’ marriage as a role model for healthy relationships reflects in “Mothers And Fathers”, a twangy duvet of a track.
The cover art work is once more provided by Isrealean artist YONIL.
By now you might know that Girl Scout are Emma Jansson (guitar, vocals), Evelina Arvidsson Eklind (bass, vocals), Per Lindberg (drums) and Viktor Spasov (guitar) who met at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm not too long ago. They studied Jazz, they played together. First two of our friends “formed a duo in an attempt to earn money, playing mostly evergreens and covering anything from the Beatles to Burt Bacharach at cocktail events and openings”, but soon enough, after they started performing original songs, their enthusiasm got contagious and they became a four piece.
Girl Scout’s second EP will arrive in September 2023. The pre-release singles will be accompanied by an array of live dates all over Europe.
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