Chorusgirl Announce Debut Album On Fortuna POP! Out in November

Debut Album Due For Release on Friday 13th November on Fortuna POP!

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Album launch gig: 18th November – Victoria, Dalston

Also: 18th September – The Lexington, London (supporting Flowers)

Fortuna POP! are delighted to welcome London-based noise pop quartet Chorusgirl into the fold, with their self-titled debut album set for release in November. The brainchild of German songwriter, singer and rhythm guitarist Silvi Wersing, Chorusgirl blend the shimmering dreaminess of 4AD bands like Lush, the noir pop of The Cure and the bittersweet electricity of The Breeders across ten songs that sparkle with melody and pop nous but are stealthily subverted by something darker.

You can watch the video for “Oh, To Be A Defector” here. The catchy as hell track opens the album and as Silvi explains, is about “not taking part, about not playing everyone’s game. Of not belonging, of dropping out and of being ok with that and shouting that back at everyone”. It takes its cue from the opening sequence of The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Watch Video For “Oh, To Be A Defector”

After several years playing in bands that either split up or fizzled out, fed up with being someone else’s bassist and feeling like the eternal chorus girl to other people’s dreams, Silvi Wersing decided to strike out on her own. Naming her own band with a heavy dose of irony, she recruited Udo Westhoff (bass), Michael Boyle (drums) and Diogo Oliveira (lead guitar) to flesh out the demos she had made on her laptop, polishing the recordings to a hi-fi sheen in Bear Cave Studios in Cologne.

Dig beneath the surface of the perfect pop songs on Chorusgirl and you’ll find heavy lyrics about saying goodbye, giving up, grief, alienation and loneliness. It’s all deliberately coded though, shrouded in the metaphysical poetry that Silvi does so well. As she explains, “Most things in life are complex, so lyrics should be too. I like subversion and the non-obvious. Like the best kind of horror films.”

With their debut album Chorusgirl breathe new life into guitar pop, reinvigorating the genre with fresh hooks and sharp-edged songs full of heartache, anger and grit. No longer the eternal chorus girl to other people’s dreams, Silvi Wersing is creating the soundtrack to her own – and perhaps her nightmares too.

“Chorusgirl take up the female-fronted fuzzbomb art-pop baton that Lush and The Long Blondes help patent – jangling guitars carrying along a bucketful of big hooks, Silvi Wersing’s strident, cool-as vocals, joy camouflaging the pain.” Sweeping The Nation

“A shimmering brand of 4AD-inspired noir pop” Drowned in Sound

“’60s pop music distilled through a bit of new wave, and perhaps a dash of The Vaselines. If that doesn’t sound good to you, you can just fuck right off.” Overblown

“Maybe it’s just me, but when I see The Cure, Breeders, Bangles and Echo and the Bunnymen all in one influence list I start to slide off my seat a bit.” Noisey

“An exotic pop delight, Chorusgirl cite standout 90s bands like Lush and The Breeders among their influences, and can happily live alongside them.” Louder Than War

“Through influences ranging from grunge to the artier end of brit-pop, Chorusgirl are a surf-inspired jangling joy, all twanging guitar and dead-eyed vocal delivery.” For The Rabbits