girlboss

girlboss is Lucy Botting, Darian Woods, Douglas Kelly and Olivia Campion. They live in Wellington, New Zealand.


Lucy Botting had been taught to sing other people’s music since the age of six. She wanted this to be her project. She learned guitar, and started writing and recording under the name girlboss. The music was drawn up from the mists of reality television shows, childhood movies, and mixtape tremolo. It had a confidence that was also soft, centred around Lucy’s vision.


Texas music blog Gorilla vs. Bear first picked up on an early demo, <a href="spotify:album:2kByWHPw0aABM3IsgejUmU" data-name="Mrs. Doubtfire">Mrs. Doubtfire</a>. A video was released for <a href="spotify:album:5uAqw4dIvaWuRWSiX1gyBR" data-name="Kind Face">Kind Face</a>, a song about a comment given to Lucy by a stranger. She put together a live band with Darian Woods (from their previous project, <a href="spotify:artist:4h9nbNfbYQpW24xYviVx1A" data-name="Wet Wings">Wet Wings</a>), Douglas Kelly and Olivia Campion (Yumi Zouma, <a href="spotify:artist:1WCaYWO3WfBdA8Dl1OqfZz" data-name="Estère">Estère</a>).


In early 2017, the band&#39;s name was a near-constant on Wellington gig posters. girlboss opened for whoever good was in town, but especially women with guitars: <a href="spotify:artist:247kfLvA2nMYQns6BDTxQD" data-name="MADEIRA">MADEIRA</a>. The Beths. <a href="spotify:artist:2awB7Ol181cocZcLLNBBAh" data-name="Fazerdaze">Fazerdaze</a>. <a href="spotify:artist:0x4xCoWaOFd3WsKarzaxnW" data-name="Frankie Cosmos">Frankie Cosmos</a>.


girlboss released its debut EP <a href="spotify:album:2fnlxjPU00RQyyybBYgfdr" data-name="Body Con">Body Con</a> on March 16, 2018: a small run of cassettes through Wellington label Ball of Wax Records.


&quot;The songs are flush with bright melodies and groovy rhythms that twist together like a corkscrew.&quot; - Nick Fulton, i-D magazine


Photo credit: Rachel Brandon