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girlhouse – you don’t think about me

It feels like we first heard of girlhouse only yesterday, but this ever-emerging American starlet is already preparing the release of her fourth record, aptly titled ‘the fourth ep’ (out 4th May).

‘you don’t think about me’ is one of the songs to be lifted from the EP, and treats us to a rousing mix of indie-rock and bedroom pop. Speaking on the lyrics behind the track, girlhouse says:

“Inspired by social anxiety and my hyper fixation on understanding and putting meaning to everything! I go down rabbit holes in my head trying to fix everything I’ve ever done wrong or stupid things I’ve said, to the point where it almost feels egotistic. It drives me nuts and it’s a constant battle for me. In this song I’m talking about a falling out I had with someone that I couldn’t figure out why they do or say the things that they do. I had to stop myself because, “there is no way this person is putting as much energy into figuring this out as I am right now!!” And I dropped it. I’m getting better at learning when to walk away and that’s been a hard journey for me.” 

Having already amassed more than 14 million catalogue streams to date on Spotify alone, it seems certain that girlhouse will become America’s next big indie-pop global export.

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girlhouse – worth it

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a tastemaker outlet that hasn’t thrown praise at US indie artist girlhouse.

This much-hyped (and deservedly so) talent returns today with an impressive new release, entitled ‘worth it’. Sonically bold, impassioned and raw in its character, the song looks at the darker side of being in love, and its toxic effects.

“I always knew that I could be worthy of love but I had a toxic idea of what loving meant. I’d ‘fallen in love’ with someone who kept telling me I wasn’t enough and yet kept me around. They had so much control over me that even after they weren’t in my life, I still shaped my entire life around proving to them that I could be loved. This was my life up until an interaction after a show in New York that left me completely disenchanted. I don’t even recognise who I was when I was ‘in love’ with them. This song is about that moment and embodies putting words to a situation that I still don’t fully don’t understand yet.”

Fans based in America can catch girlhouse supporting Copeland on select tour dates this month – tickets can be found here.

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girlhouse – cool guy

Fast-rising indie bedroom-pop starlet girlhouse announces plans for ‘the third ep’, today, along with new single ‘cool guy’.

“The term ‘cool guying’ means to acquire a slight amount of clout and become a complete weirdo. I wrote this with my friend Mark Campbell when I was feeling a lil zesty about some of the clouty people in my life. In all seriousness, no shade on them, I just had to figure out if that was of value to me. I had an ex that got mad at me for calling him ‘cool’ and that was really confusing to me until he ended up actually being very very ‘cool.’”

Debut ‘the girlhouse ep’ and its follow up ‘the second ep’ garnered acclaim from the likes of BBC Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Dummy, Under The Radar, Wonderland and The Independent amongst others.

The combined EPs will also be released as a special standalone vinyl for the first time as part of the 15th annual Record Store Day on April 23rd. the girlhouse eps will include an exclusive demo version of ‘a lot’, on an orange flexi disc. 

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girlhouse will hit the road supporting The Wrecks on their US tour later this year:

  • 06.10 · Fresno, CA · Strummer’s
  • 06.11 · San Francisco, CA · Cafe Du Nord
  • 06.13 · Seattle, WA · The Crocodile
  • 06.14 · Portland, OR · Holocene
  • 06.16 · Salt Lake City, UT · Soundwell
  • 06.17 · Denver, CO · Gothic Theater
  • 06.18 · Lincoln, NE · Bourbon Theater
  • 06.20 · St. Louis, MO · Delmar Hall
  • 06.21 · Indianapolis, IN · Old National Centre
  • 06.23 · Minneapolis, MN · Amsterdam Hall
  • 06.25 · Chicago, IL · Bottom Lounge
  • 06.26 · Grand Rapids, MI · Elevation
  • 06.28 · Columbus, OH · A&R Bar
  • 06.29 · Buffalo, NY · Rec Room
  • 06.30 · Albany, NY · Empire Underground 
  • 07.01 · Asbury Park, NJ · Asbury Lanes
  • 07.06 · Pittsburgh, PA · Thunderbird Music Hall
  • 07.07 · Washington, DC · Black Cat
  • 07.08 · NYC, NY · Music Hall of Williamsburg
  • 07.09 · Boston, MA · The Sinclair
  • 07.10 · Philadelphia, PA · Foundry
  • 07.12 · Charlotte, NC · The Underground
  • 07.13 · Charleston, SC · Music Farm
  • 07.14 · Orlando, FL · Beacham Theater
  • 07.15 · Atlanta, GA · Terminal West
  • 07.16 · Nashville, TN · Basement East
  • 07.18 · Dallas, TX · Granada Theater
  • 07.19 · Austin, TX · Antone’s
  • 07.21 · Phoenix, AZ · Nile Theater
  • 07.23 · Los Angeles, CA · Regent Theater

girlhouse – boundary issues

Fast-rising indie bedroom-pop artist girlhouse (aka Lauren Luiz) returns today with ‘boundary issues’. The song was inspired by her self-described lack of boundaries with strangers, and delivers a power punch of euphoric hooks that sees her in a far more adventurous guise than most.

“‘boundary issues’ was inspired by my lack of boundaries with strangers. Keke Palmer made a TikTok about how she doesn’t know how to get out of a conversation if someone starts making her feel uncomfortable and I had never related to internet content more. She says ‘please don’t because I have boundary issues and I need you to help me help myself, so please go away now’. She was the biggest inspiration for this song. Love her a ton for helping me feel seen.”

Taken from the new record ‘the second ep’ which is out now.

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girlhouse – pretty girl in la

With support from the likes of BBC Radio 1, DUMMY, WONDERLAND, NOTION, and EARMILK (plus flagship Spotify playlists), it’s only a matter of time before fast-rising bedroom pop artist girlhouse (aka Lauren Luiz) takes over the world.

Today she’s one step closer to that happening, with the release of fantastic debut collection ‘the girlhouse ep’ and new single ‘pretty girl in la’. The song pays homage to her time in the infamous city, focusing on the anxiety-inducing aura that it has around it.

“This one is very nostalgic of my West Hollywood days, wanting to be an actress and letting people destroy my confidence daily for the sake of the ‘craft’. I have so many memories of being out at bars/ clubs in LA having a lovely time, when out of the blue some stranger would come up to me and tell me that I’m ‘kind of pretty, but not LA pretty.’ Drilling deeper saying that ‘in my hometown I might be a 7 or 8 but in LA I’m merely a 4.’ This happened so many times that I really started to take it to heart, I was 23 and it kind of destroyed me! I would hold my breath going through tunnels just wishing that I could be an LA 8, thinking that would fix all my problems.”

Taken from ‘the girlhouse ep’ which is out now.

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