Gal Pal have shared the latest single “Takes Time,” a track off their forthcoming album This and Other Gestures, due out on June 2nd. “The song about change really, how it’s inevitable and how empowering it can be to lean into that.” The album is their first in 6 years, and finds the trio of Emelia Austin (she/her), Shayna Hahn (she/her) and Nico Romero (he/him) in their mid-twenties and at the height of their personal and collective power, working through gender dysphoria, personal loss, and the confusion of young adulthood. The group perform at Permanent Records in Los Angeles on May 13th.

Gal Pal recorded their debut album GIRLISH (2017) while still in college and then moved back to the Los Angeles area from which they all hail. They’ve performed near-ceaselessly since, opening for bands like Pile, Ian Sweet, Palehound, and Momma. The songs on GIRLISH and subsequent EP Unrest/Unfeeling (2019) were written as Gal Pal began — all three in a room, switching instruments spontaneously, trading riffs and rhythms.

This and Other Gestures happened in isolation, the recording process for Gestures was collaborative. Touring bassist Cole Brossus and engineers Danny Nogueriras and David Jerkovich helped produce most of the record at Balboa Studios, with additional contributions from Sami Perez (Cherry Glazerr) at her studio Wiggle World. The bandmates swapped instruments frequently, following their natural instincts.

Galpal
This and Other Gestures
Tracklist

01 Say No
02 Varsity Star
03 Pleasures
04 Crave
05 Design
06 Mirror
07 Takes Time
08 Think About Your Crush
09 Angel in the Flesh
10 Pure
11 Always There
12 King Mama
13 And The Sun Was Still Hot
14 This and Other Gestures

Pre-order This and Other Gestures by Gal Pal HERE