New Zealand Music News — Girl Friday

Girl Friday. Photo by Kylie Shaffer. L.A based duo, and project of one of our very own Flying Nun favourites Vera Ellen, Girl Friday, have released a brand new single today - 'It Needs You', which is their first independent output on the back of three previous releases with Hardly Art Records.  'It Needs You' is a dreamier step away from their previous, more lively releases such as the noisy debut Androgynous Mary or their electrifying double single 'I’m Impossible/You’re Getting A Dog', but this new direction further cements them as songwriting extraordinaires. From the first sound of the drum beat, the song feels deeply rooted - it moves along heavily,...

"Does the average man feel like he's on the outside?" goes the beginning of "Public Bodies," a wistful jangle-pop gem that shudders open into a snarling punk coda.