
South London's Gaygirl make their mark via the dense, riff-slinging “Mikkel”
“Mikkel” is an effortlessly visceral gambit from fast-rising Permanent Creeps-signed foursome Gaygirl.
Comprising songwriters Bex Morrison and Lewis Clark, as well as drummer Louis Bradshaw and Tom Coyne on bass, the music of South London quartet Gaygirl hits a rare sweet spot between texture and pure impact.
Look no further than the band’s new single “Mikkel”. Taken from their forthcoming debut EP Pleasurehead, it’s a sub three-minute, riff-slinging anthem that blurs the lines between 4AD-conjuring goth-pop splendour and straight-up, fist-clenched noise rock in the vein of PJ Harvey and Garbage.
Vocalist Bex Morrison explains, "The song compares the desperate feelings of confusion at the end of a relationship with a seemingly disastrous tea party amongst bad company. The track came together as a band and we knew early on that it would be a song that doesn't achieve the resolution you would expect - the unresolved building feeling throughout mirrors the lyrical content of covering up feelings and not addressing problems."
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