Horsegirl have released new video/single “Julie,” a track off their forthcoming album, Phonetics On and On, available February 14th, 2025 via Matador Records. The trio includes lifelong friends Nora Cheng, Penelope Lowenstein, and Gigi Reece. Phonetics On and On was Produced by Cate Le Bon and recorded at The Loft in Chicago, Horsegirl’s original and sonic home, Phonetics On and On is an exploration of the lines between pop, minimalism, and playful experimentation. In the fall of 2022, Cheng, Lowenstein and Reece relocated to New York City, and this new environment is reflected in the sonic fabric of the record, being the first time the band had written music outside of Penelope’s parents’ basement.

The track follows lead single “2468,” “Julie.” The video, directed by Amsterdam-based animator Daphna Awadish Golan, started as a month-and-a-half animation process, and represents the song’s themes of moving into a new city, the cold of winter, and unrequited love. Much of her animation work features animals as stand-ins for people. Golan individually prints each frame of the background video and then hand draws with oil pastels on top. She scans all of those frames back in to create the final composition, with the tactile nature of her style and process being something that highlights the mood created by the track.

Horsegirl will play a record release show on February 22nd at the Metro in Chicago, and will tour the southeast and northeast in March with Free Range supporting, before touring the UK and Europe later in 2025.

Horsegirl 2025 Tour Dates

Sat. Feb. 22 – Chicago, IL @ Metro (Record Release Show) ^
Fri. Mar. 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church %
Sat. Mar. 22 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat %
Sun. Mar. 23 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings %
Mon. Mar. 24 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse %
Wed. Mar. 26 – Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom %
Thu. Mar. 27 – Somerville, MA @ Arts at The Armory %
Fri. Mar. 28 – Woodstock, NY @ Bearsville Theater %
Sat. Mar. 29 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw %
Sat. June 7 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound
Tue. June 10 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow Club
Wed. June 11 – Berlin, DE @ Badehaus Szimpla
Sat. June 14 – Porto, PT @ Primavera Sound Porto
Mon. June 16 – Cologne, DE @ Bumann & Sohn
Tue. June 17 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix
Wed. June 18 – Paris, FR @ Petit Bain
Fri. June 20 – London, UK @ Scala
Sat. June 21 – Manchester, UK @ Band on the Wall
Sun. June 22 – Glasgow, UK @ Mono
Tue. June 24 – Dublin, IE @ The Workman's Club
Thu. June 26 – Bristol, UK @ Thekla

^ w/ Lifeguard & Answering Machines

% w/ Free Range

Pre-order Phoenetics On and On by Horsegirl HERE