Name: Going Norway
Brand: Girl Band

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RT0076S

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Colour

Black

Colour details

Discogs ID

[r13986949]

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Format multiplier

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-08-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

191402007671

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Total Cap

1 / 7" / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Girl Band

Genre GB

Alternative / Modern

Label GB

Rough Trade

Girl Band is an Irish experimental rock group hailing from Dublin. Formed in [year], the band consists of Dara Kiely on vocals, Alan Duggan on guitar, Daniel Fox on bass, and Adam Faulkner on drums. With their unique sound and captivating performances, Girl Band has gained a loyal following in the music industry.
In November 2021, the band made a significant change by renaming themselves as [a11528171]. This decision reflects their growth and evolution as artists.
Known for pushing boundaries and defying genre conventions, Girl Band's music combines elements of rock, punk, noise, and post-punk. Their experimental approach to songwriting and fearless exploration of sonic landscapes have earned them critical acclaim and recognition within the alternative music scene.

Rough Trade is a multinational label that was started by Geoff Travis in 1976 as a London record-shop. It quickly grew into an independent label and distributor, collaborating with notable labels such as 4AD, Factory Records, and One Little Indian. The label's catalogue numbering system for singles/EPs included prefixes like RT### and RTT###CD for different formats. Albums were numbered sequentially as ROUGH### with extensions for different formats.In the early 1990s, Rough Trade faced financial difficulties after expanding into the US market. The US branch was shut down and the German branch ended up in the Zomba Music Group. One Little Indian provided financing and took over the label in the UK, retaining ownership of key releases like A.R. Kane albums. Geoff Travis eventually regained control of Rough Trade around 1999–2000 and re-launched it alongside Tugboat Records.

Going Norway is Girl Band’s second single following their 4-year hiatus, a two track 7” with an exclusive B side taking the same name as their upcoming album The Talkies.

In Going Norway, we hear the mimicry of Dara’s vocal to Alan’s guitar coming close to a moan, both simultaneously reaching outside of the confines of Adam’s steady, flitting snare sound: ‘And Why/ Is the Death/ So Alive?’ The track pushes and pulls against itself, and the emotion is felt within this combative movement and the elongation of vowels – the intensive repetition to the point of abstraction results in a violent discrepancy between language and meaning, as Dara draws attention instead to the way the mouth moves and how sound is formed.

Going Norway

Music GB