Credits:

Girlpool

As Girlpool, the ever-shifting duo of Harmony Tividad and Avery Tucker began as a drummer-less, 90s lo-fi-inspired project by teenaged friends noted for their tight tandem vocals. They soon added more instruments, adopting a more conventional indie rock sound for their second album, then folded in synths, electronics, and more, including orchestral timbres, for a third long-player that found them working and singing separately more often than together, representing yet another modification to their sound. (Tucker also began hormone replacement treatments between albums, which lowered his voice.) Girlpools fourth album, Forgiveness, finds them altering their sound yet again on a set of songs in which generally sparer arrangements of synthesizers, piano, and programmed drums outnumber those with either the lusher flair of their previous album or any remaining alt-rock inspirations. Throughout all of these changes, Girlpoo