Frontrunner
The final single before Phonetics On and On, a quiet song with vocals in unison.
Horsegirl, from Phonetics On and On (2025)
The Line of Best Fit reported it as the last single on February 11, 2025, after "Julie", "Switch Over" and "2468". Stereogum says Lowenstein wrote it with Cheng; it was written after a very bad day, when her heart was broken, and the record version is essentially the original draft. Reece said it was written at a time when Penelope and Nora needed each other. PopMatters calls it the album's outlier, with the two vocalists singing in unison and an acoustic guitar and baritone melody giving an old Western feel; Atwood Magazine puts it in the strongest four-song stretch, and Line of Best Fit hears Lowenstein singing of a quiet morning reading in bed beside a sleeping partner. The video, directed and edited by the band, has the three searching for each other in Chicago locations.
JamBase, drawing on setlist.fm, lists it at the Metro in Chicago on February 22, 2025 and the Black Cat in Washington on March 22. We found no chart entries, covers or samples.
On stage
- 2025-02-22, Metro, Chicago Record release show.
- 2025-03-22, Black Cat, Washington
Sources
- Horsegirl reveal final album preview Frontrunner, The Line of Best Fit (2025-02-11)
- Horsegirl on what inspired Phonetics On and On, Stereogum
- Horsegirl, Frontrunner, If It's Too Loud (2025-02)
- Horsegirl, Phonetics On and On, Atwood Magazine (2025-02)