Detailing her newest release, which follows 2023 singles, ‘I Suck At Grieving’, ‘Mary’, and ‘Honda Civic’, Hibberd explained: “An unfortunate true story, does fortunately always start a good song. I went on a date last year, and was told I was the second prettiest girl in the room. I actually said thank you (I need help). I started writing this song the next day. It became my personality. This has been one of my personal favourites on my new album ‘girlfriend material’ for ages, it’s torturously relatable.” [via Line Of Best Fit]

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Written during the 2021 lockdown, and inspired by Tranter’s daily encounters in his local area of Croydon, ‘Double Yellow’ offers a twinkling slice of lilting indie-pop, building with a whirring splendour to an emotion-rich ode to slowing down. As the gentle, heartfelt passion of Walsh’s vocals intertwine with Tranter’s to create lush sweeping harmonies, scuzzy hooks ripple with a sparkling energy, oozing a comforting warmth.

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“‘mary’ is my favourite song I’ve ever written, it’s the soundtrack to a great day,” Hibberd says. “YES, it’s a true story, and YES everybody needs a ‘mary’ in their life. After having a particularly rough year, having this song in my back pocket became a breakthrough for me — like a crack in the curtain where the light slips in.”

“Welcome to girlfriend material. Here you will find the 12-stage instruction manual on how to make the perfect girlfriend in under an hour. Listen more than once to ensure perfection,” Isle of Wight slacker pop queen Lauran Hibberd explains. “Making this record came oddly naturally, it felt like it was supposed to come out of me and I’ve never felt so attached to a body of songs like this. I think I’m at a point in my life where I’ve started to really experience ‘life’, with going through losing a parent, having a life-altering breakup, living on my own for the first time, and exploring who the f*vk’ I actually am.

“Everything I am right now is in this album. It’s the best thing I’ve ever made, and I’ve worked with some incredible people in the process. It’s definitely been the one thing that’s kept me going over the last year, and I hope it can do the same for other people. with love, Lauran Hibberd (100% girlfriend material).”

girlfriend material:

1. i suck at grieving
2. jealous
3. mary
4. 90’s kid
5. happy for you
6. better than i was before
7. anti fragile
8. 2nd prettiest girl (in the world)
9. girlfriend material
10. pretty good for a bad day (feat. Alex Gaskarth)
11. so romantic
12. not the girl you hoped

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Marking the follow-up to acclaimed summer single ‘Honda Civic,’ ‘i suck at grieving’ showcases a whole new layer to Hibberd’s songwriting as they begin to navigate their way through a major, life-altering event. “I lost my dad last year, and I changed in an instant but forever,” Hibberd reflects. “I found everyone’s advice on grief painful and inappropriate, and I couldn’t work out why I couldn’t grieve like the internet told me to. This track feels like an extension of me, and I know it’s not my usual tricks but it feels more me than anything I’ve ever made before.”

Hibberd adds, “I guess eventually you run out of stuff to laugh about and have to look life — or in this case, death — straight in the eye. This is a song for people who don’t want to grieve, for people who don’t know where to start, and for people who don’t know how it ends.”

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Expert In A Dying Field is a capsule of The Beths’ most electrifying and exciting output, a full spectrum of their sonic capabilities. ‘Knees Deep’ was a last minute addition to the record and features one of Expert In A Dying Field’s best guitar lines, courtesy of guitarist Jonathan Pearce.

Liz Stokes adds: “I’m the kind of person who wants to go swimming, but takes like ten minutes to get all the way into the cold water, slowly and painfully. I hate this about myself, and am kind of envious of people who can just jump straight in the deep end. In a shocking twist, this is also a metaphor?! For how I wish I was the kind of person who was brave and decisive instead of cautious and scared.”

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In a statement accompanying the new single, the band wrote: “This is a song we composed in November 2020 when we were self isolating and writing on Gabriola Island at the Noise Floor. We had a series of early morning writing sessions that began at 7 am and produced this and several other songs.

“At the time we were not sure when we would play a show again, and it would turn out not to be for almost a year, but we were grateful to get a chance to rock out in the woods. Maybe because we were missing playing shows, some of the songs ended up sounding very arena rock. We can’t wait to take this one on the road.”

The sunny, driving ‘Not Today’ is apparently the start of something new for the band, who promise “more to come later in 2022.” The single comes attached to a lyric video by Lesley Marshall. Listen below.

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