Forgiveness
In the near-decade since LA-based best-friend duo Girlpool, Avery Tucker and Harmony Tividad, infiltrated the indie pop-rock scene with their gorgeous harmonies and punky melodies as teenagers, a lot has changed: They instituted additional instrumentalists, they started veering away from their charmingly minimal and diaristic songwriting, and Avery began transitioning before their third LP, *What Chaos Is Imaginary*. *Forgiveness*, the pair’s fourth full-length, is the product of that growth. Their ear for sparse composition has evolved; instead of speaking world-weary truths in the space between spiky guitar riffs, they’ve grounded their sincerity in ethereal production, spacey synth, and songs that interrogate gender, relationships, and everything in between. Once celebrated for their youthful exuberance, Girlpool has never lost their heart, they’ve simply gained wisdom.
The fourth album by the Los Angeles duo is more sonically adventurous and lyrically direct while still drawing on themes of looking for faith in other people and coming up short.
The Los Angeles duo’s new record finds them writing songs apart, and struggling to tie them together.
"You leave me crying in the fucking rain / I want you." These lines are flung at the listener upon entering Girlpool's self-titled EP that,...
At their own pace, Girlpool cover a staggering amount of ground. Forgiveness is yet another leap forwards from the L.A. duo
Girlpool's 'Forgiveness' finds the duo drifting through several iterations of low-key indie pop music, infused with electronic noises and acoustic folk.