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Jun 7, 2024The trifecta of tracks which deal with drummer Roo’s experiences of addiction - ‘words fell out’, ‘tcnc’, and ‘take it away’ - are each stunningly potent in markedly different ways, ultimately highlighting the significance of resilience and mutual support as a means of refashioning ourselves in a new, better image.
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Jun 7, 2024With Below The Waste, Goat Girl proves they can keep their high standards while trying out new things, and actually manage to pull them off.
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MojoJun 5, 2024Goat Girl grapple with strings, makeshift choirs, electronics and mellotron in a quietly exploratory set of off-centre tunes and potent lyrical questioning. [Jul 2024, p.92]
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UncutJun 5, 2024This third album is their richest and strongest to date. [Jun 2024, p.33]
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Jun 5, 2024There's a lot to take in across the breadth of Below the Waste, but few could doubt the ecstatic creativity of this trio and their ability to take so many old parts and create something new.
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Jun 10, 2024This ability to summon intensity without a lyrical shock factor is new for Goat Girl, and they’re better for it.
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Jun 12, 2024Goat Girl's wealth of ideas is one of their biggest strengths, but Below the Waste lacks the focus that united their music into a cohesive whole on On All Fours.
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Jun 10, 2024By final track ‘wasting’ the band have taken you on a long, winding journey – not all of it sticks, but the best material here ranks alongside Goat Girl’s finest work.
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Jun 5, 2024Goat Girl push the boat out while maintaining, for the most part, a considered and deliberate mood across the 48 minute run time, and the few pitfalls are due to ideas that didn’t quite coalesce more than anything. The finest tracks can feel familiar only to grab you and hold you in entirely surprising ways.
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Record CollectorJun 14, 2024"Time's wasting out," she sings, but Below The Waste, cultivates a bracingly resourceful mindset. [Jul 2024, p.105]