Out today, About The Girl filters into Emma Russack's ever-changing, always evolving catalogue seamless, even with the air of art-punk attached.
Emma Russack could sneeze and it would somehow turn out a good song. She simply doesn’t miss.
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It’s this exact reason that the prolific indie-folk luminary has resonated with so many over the course of the last decade, with the Naarm-based artist’s candid records on loss and devotion unanimously winning the nation over with each and every release.
Although, on About The Girl, Russack changes it up pretty significantly. While it continues to explore themes of love and loss with Russack’s trademark candour, it’s certainly not the alt-folk release that one would largely expect from one of our nation’s biggest folk stars, with the majority of the record leaning more into a notable shift towards the world of experimental art-punk.
Yes, you read that correctly—Emma Russack has ventured into art-punk territory. But don’t expect her to join a Devo tribute band anytime soon. About The Girl isn’t punk in the traditional sense. Instead, it channels punk’s ethos through its witty, candid lyrics and fearless attitude.
I know, I know, it sounds like a bit of rogue claim, but when you listen Russack’s thought-provoking lyrics alongside the muddy post-punk basslines of ‘About The Girl’, the angular riffs of ‘I Know I Feel It Too’, or the heavy industrial rhythms of the French new-wave inspired, ‘Everything Is Big’, it really does feel like an avant-punk release.
For an artist known for her meticulous and deliberate approach to songwriting, it’s a shift that’s both surprising and refreshing, adding a whole new dimension to Russack’s ever-impressive discography.
About The Girl by Emma Russack is out today on Dinosaur City Records. You can stream it here.
Label: Dinosaur City Records
Release Date: Out today, 23 August
