cumgirl8 Release New Single ‘glasshour’
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Share New Single ‘glasshour’
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Kicking off 2024 with a bang, Manhattan four-piece cumgirl8 (aka cg8) return with a brand new single entitled ‘glasshour’. It’s a spiky post-punk haze, showcasing all that’s exciting and unique about cumgirl8 via jarring electro-punk flourishes, industrial sludge, and an irrepressible hook tying it all together. A live highlight of their incendiary underground shows, the new track also previews the group’s upcoming debut 4AD record (due later this year). The release additionally marks the band’s long-awaited return with new material, following last year’s EP release, phantasea pharm.
Speaking on the track, the band writes: “‘glasshour’ is a reinterpretation of ‘hourglass,’ one of the first songs we ever wrote and released. Thematically, it feels more relevant than ever; as we’re all ready to flip the glass and watch the sands run thin in this necrocapitalist power structure. The cowbell tolls like a doomsday alarm while we talk about justice. It felt right to slow the whole song down and punctuate that desire.”
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“cumgirl8 are infectious enough in their playful, hodgepodge freedom to be infatuating.”
DIY
“A new, necessary, realm of art-punk.”
The Vinyl Factory
“Among the new names to watch out for.”
The Times
“An important band for the future.”
The Rodeo
13 March – Austin, TX, USA @ Cheer Up Charlie’s (SXSW)
14 March – Austin, TX, USA @ Hotel Vegas – Psychic Hotline Party (SXSW)
TBD – Austin, TX, USA @ Parish – Marshall Fun House (SXSW)
15 March – Austin, TX, USA @ Dedstrange x Synásthesie Showcase (SXSW)
16 March – Austin, TX, USA @ Shiner’s Saloon – Future of Music Showcase (SXSW)
17 March – Austin, TX, USA @ TBD – Pop Sickle Presents: Green Witch Recordings Showcase (SXSW)
27 April – Brooklyn, NY, USA @ Warsaw*
2 May – Brooklyn, NY, USA @ Brooklyn Made
*w/ Bratmobile
cumgirl8 met in a sex chat 8000 years ago in another metaverse. Made up of Lida Fox (bass), Veronika Vilim (guitar), Chase Lombardo (drums) and Avishag Rodrigues (guitar), the band render the immersive and chaotic energy from cyberspace into our world, coming together to make a boundary-less sound that brilliantly stretches across the likes of ESG, Cocteau Twins, Suicide, CSS, B-52s, The Shangri-Las, Chris & Cosey, Madonna, and many more. Last year, cumgirl8 shared their debut 4AD EP phantasea pharm, recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely from analog tape. The six-track EP followed stand-alone single ‘dumb bitch’ (2022) and their two other EPs, cumgirl8 (2020) and RIPcumgirl8 (2021).
As much as the music itself, cumgirl8’s incendiary live performances are brilliantly chaotic and emblematic of the spirit of New York performance art. Last year, the band played a sold-out show at New York’s newest venue Knitting Factory at Baker Falls (formerly The Pyramid Club), a stint supporting Le Tigre on a sold-out Canadian run, a headline EU/UK tour, and a festival run that included spots at Primavera, The Great Escape, Greenman, Core Festival, Loose Ends, and Pitchfork Paris just to name a few.