New Song / Video From U.S. Girls
U.S. GIRLS
Releases New Track ‘Mad As Hell’
U.S. Girls photographed by Colin Medley
Meg Remy, the unapologetic pop revisionist known as U.S. Girls, has just dropped a new video for her song ‘Mad As Hell’. The wall-of-sound arrangement and throbbing disco beat along with Remy’s “radiant voice” (Pitchfork) make a candy-coated Trojan horse for her powerful call to action for pacifism and impassioned critique of military spending.
The video, which is directed by Remy and Emily Pelstring, pieces together historic, patriotic and military imagery. Remy performs throughout the video duplicated in synchronized dance moves flipping off her subjects recalling backup dancers of ‘60s pop girl groups.
You can watch the video from the link below or by clicking here – 4ad.co/madashell
‘Mad As Hell’ is taken from U.S. Girls’ follow up to 2015’s celebrated album, Half Free. Stay tuned for more details.
‘Mad As Hell’
Directed by Meg Remy and Emily Pelstring
Praise for the last U.S. Girls album, Half Free…
“A sad pop record that invokes spectres of high, soft and fragile-voiced female singers from past generations, who turn positions of weakness into performances of great strength.” The WIRE
“With Half Free, Remy has made a brilliant, accessible, edgy pop record without compromising her ideals one iota – and hopefully has surreptitiously brought her into a wider light.” The Quietus
“This is the unmistakable sound of a star being born: this is an album with something to say, in a voice all of its own.” NME (8/10)
“These songs (may be) pretty, but something intense seethes just beneath the surface.” Uncut (8/10)
“While the whole “lo-fi artist cleans up their act” is a total cliche, it works a charm here.” VICE
“The fast-rising exponent of luscious lo-fi DIY pop.” The Guardian
“Her compelling first album for 4AD tackles sex, betrayal, ageing and the fate of women widowed by war, to lush soundscapes that underpin her glacially detached 1960s-girl-group vocals with pop, reggae, disco and ambient soul. Not to be missed.” Sunday Times Culture
“The record is a veritable patchwork of perspectives. It elevates the voices of women who, on paper, might seem broken, were it not for Remy’s ability to trade desperation for cynical dynamism.” The Line of Best Fit (8/10)
“Each song on Half Free holds it own perfectly… Deconstructing and subverting classic jazz, funk and disco with moody percussion, warped synths and wonderfully playful vocals.” DIVA
“Just as label mates Grimes and St. Vincent broke through on later-career releases that struck a subversive pop note, Half Free does similar work and deserves be considered on an equal footing to those stellar records.” London In Stereo
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