Our Girl announce new album, The Good Kind

Commenting on the track Soph Nathan says: “This song felt like the perfect place to put a lot of frustration after running out of patience with someone who wasn’t treating me very well. I think it’s important to give people the benefit of the doubt, but in this case it went too far, and I got tired of dealing with someone else’s preconceptions, and how they think they’re entitled to treat me. A big theme of this album is making the best of things. It’s a loving record, but in this song I just wanted to let the frustration out”

The Good Kind, was recorded at Rockfield Studios and produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse), Fern Ford (The Big Moon, Prima Queen) and Soph Nathan herself.

After hearing the recordings back, “It was the first time that we’ve all been on such different pages,” Nathan says, admitting that she even entertained painful thoughts of abandoning the project. Newly determined, the band spent six weeks with Fern Ford of The Big Moon at her home studio, pulling apart the Rockfield takes and recording more.

Nathan recalls her bodily feeling of relief as they reopened and recommitted to the project “I couldn’t quite believe it” says Nathan “I felt a freedom I hadn’t experienced before. Fern really made that space for us and it was a real relief to be able to take the reins together”. This collaborative process meant that the band leant more on each other, and on friends and other musicians: Warpaint’s Stella Mozgawa helped bring the title track "The Good Kind" to life in its early stages, whilst Nathan’s partner and friends including Marika Hackman and Art School Girlfriend are heard on "Relief".

Our Girl have announced news of an extensive UK tour for late 2024 and early 2025 including their biggest headline show to date at London’s Village Underground in February next year.

Tracklist:

1. It’ll Be Fine
2. What You Told Me
3. Who Do You Love
4. The Good Kind
5. Something About Me Being A Woman
6. Relief
7. Unlike Anything
8. Something Exciting
9. I Don’t Mind
10. Sister
11. Absences