Grace Ives back! It’s been too long. Ives, then a Brooklyn-based DIY pop artist, released a very cool debut album called Janky Star in 2022, and then she went quiet for a few years. Last November, Ives released three excellent songs — “Avalanche,” “Dance With Me,” and “My Mans” — that she recorded with producers Ariel Rechtshaid and John DeBold after relocating to Los Angeles. Now, Ives announces that all three of those tracks will be on her upcoming album Girlfriend, and she also drops a new single and announces a tour.
Ives recorded all of Girlfriend with Rechtshaid and DeBold, and the legend Dave Fridmann mixed the LP. She says that the album reflects a necessary exploratory period in her life. I definitely hear some exploration at work in Ives’ new single “Stupid Bitches.” It’s a bleary synthpop jam about putting yourself back together after a breakup, and its ultra-cool messiness strongly evokes the work of fellow Rechtshaid collaborator Sky Ferreira. I mean that as a big compliment. Below, check out “Stupid Bitches,” the Girlfriend tracklist, and Ives’ tour dates.
TRACKLIST:
01 “Now I’m”
02 “Avalanche”
03 “Fire 2”
04 “Drink Up”
05 “My Mans”
06 “Dance With Me”
07 “Neither You Nor I”
08 “Trouble”
09 “What If”
10 “Garden”
11 “Stupid Bitches”
TOUR DATES:
4/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Art
4/18 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz PDB
4/20 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall
4/21 – Detroit, MI @ El Clu
4/22 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
4/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/25 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
4/27 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
4/28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
4/30 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall
5/01 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
5/02 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret
5/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
5/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
5/08 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room
5/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
5/11 – Austin, TX @ Brushy Street Commons
5/12 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Upstairs)
5/13 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
5/15 – Nashville, TN @ Blue Room at Third Man Records
5/16 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
5/17 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle Back Room
5/19 – Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
5/20 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
5/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
6/06 – Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound
6/08 – Paris, France @ Hasard Ludique
6/10 – Brussels, Belgium @ Rotonde/Botanique
6/12 – Berlin, Germany @ Kantine am Berghain
6/14 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso (Small Hall)
6/16 – London, UK @ Village Underground
Girlfriend is out 3/20 on True Panther/Capitol.
