LISTEN: GIHE on Soho Radio with Circe (24.07.23)

Tash and Kate were back on Soho Radio’s airwaves playing loads of new music from some of their favourite female, non-binary and LGBTQIA+ artists! Mari offered some of her “musical musings” too. Tash talked about their excitement for upcoming East London festival Field Day and Kate shared memories of the recent GIHE gig that Mari organised at The Shacklewell Arms, featuring STRAIGHT GIRL, ALT BLK ERA and The Dead Zoo. Artists featured on the eclectic playlist included Maria Uzor, Sweeping Promises, Um, Jennifer?, congratulations, Divide and Dissolve and Nora Kelly Band.

Kate also caught up with London-based dark-pop sensation Circe to talk about her new EP, Drawing Wings From The Light. Inspired by personal epiphanies, unfiltered heartbreaks, precious teenage secrets and cell-shaping theatrical experiences, the record is a passionate, rapturous collection of slickly produced tracks. Circe spoke about the context behind her new songs, the loyalty of her fans, having FEELINGS about EVERYTHING, and her upcoming headline show at The Windmill in Brixton on 21st September. Tickets are available now on DICE.

Listen back to the show below:

 

We’ll be back on Soho Radio on Monday 21st August from 12-2pm!

Tracklist
Bikini Kill – Rebel Girl
Mary Lovett – Drive
Fever Ray – What They Call Us (Nifra Remix)
TSHA ft. Ell Murphy – Bloom
Maria Uzor – Ventolin
cumgirl8 – gothgirl1
ALT BLK ERA – I’m Normally Like This
congratulations – Zeitgeist
Jock – Spoilsport
Separatr – Directionless
Sweeping Promises – Eraser
Um, Jennifer? – Girl Class
afromerm – held
And Is Phi – Double Pink
AVR – Confirm Humanity
Sea Lemon – Vaporized
Circe – My Boy Aphrodite
**Interview with Circe**
Penguin Cafe – Galahad
1000 Beasts ft. Zeenie Summers Sà.Rù.Mí – Sun Valley Drive
Coolgirl – Silverlight
Joanna Sternberg – I’ve Got Me
Nora Kelly Band – Rodeo Clown
FOX GUNN – POTTERY
Divide and Dissolve – Want
Taylor Swift – Blank Space

NEW TRACK: Coolgirl – ‘Silverlight’

A synth-soaked exploration of the intense, transitory nature of infatuation, Dublin-based artist and producer Lizzie Fitzpatrick aka Coolgirl has shared her latest single ‘Silverlight’. Taken from her upcoming EP, which is set for release later this year via VETA Records (HAVVK, Sive, DYVR, Maria Kelly, St. Bishop), the track is a mesmeric blend of whirring synth textures, glitchy beats and a subtle, jagged vocal.

GIHE fans will recognise Fitzpatrick as the front person of grunge trio Bitch Falcon, but under her new moniker she uses electronics and synths to create vivid, sometimes ambient, sometimes upbeat sounds. After releasing a handful of singles over the past few years and performing live alongside the likes of HAVVK, Alyxis and Plus One, Coolgirl is preparing to share a new EP, with ‘Silverlight’ being the first hint of what listeners can expect from the upcoming release.

“‘Silverlight’ is a deep synth-wave track that encapsulates the feeling of being sucked into another person, another world, completely devoid of outside life,” Fitzpatrick explains. “Heavy synth lines swirl around in a pit of muddy bass and relentless rhythm. I used vocals chopped up in a sequence that portray lost bits of conversations remembered suddenly and swiftly forgotten.” Curious, experimental and ambient are all words that lend themselves to Fitzpatrick’s sound, but ultimately, her new music is as cool as her namesake and we look forward to hearing more of her thrilling creations in the near future.

Catch Coolgirl playing live in Ireland at Limerick City’s annual Feile na Greine music festival on 18th and 19th August.

Listen to ‘Silverlight’ below.

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Kate Crudgington
@KCBobCut