Gia Ford announces forthcoming debut album, Transparent Things

The brand new single is from the perspective of a woman who feels herself morphing into the villain as a result of abuse and mistreatment at the hands of all the men in her life. Gia Ford explains: “It is a look inside her mind as she feels herself drifting away from who she really is; allowing her rage to weave itself into the fabric of her being. It's a comment on how we hurt each other, how we change each other, and a question: who gets punished for this terrible nature we have all, to varying degrees, embodied?”

"Paint Me Like a Woman" follows previous singles, "Falling in Love Again", and "Alligator".

Recorded in LA at the renowned Sound City Studios with producer Tony Berg (known for his work on celebrated albums including Phoebe Bridgers’ Stranger in the Alps and Punisher), the album's songs contain stories about figures on the fringes of society; of the downtrodden to the downright dangerous.

The theme of alienation runs through the album. “Most of the characters in these songs are outcasts, all with unique ways of feeling on the periphery, somehow,” Gia says. While each song operates in its own realm, their subject matters create a throughline of eccentricity that turns Transparent Things into an odyssey of outcasts. “Thematically it has a mythical quality, stemming from the repeated references to creatures, ghosts and undefined spirits. It’s a world of its own, where the characters have more in common than I initially thought was possible.”

Tomorrow evening, Gia Ford will perform at Paper Dress Vintage in Hackney, as part of Soundhood Hackney – the two day micro-festival taking place 13-14 June.