If we were transported back to the 80s, girl_irl, one of Atlanta-bred, Brooklyn-based DJ and producer Em Perlman’s many aliases, would be the perfect companion for left/avant-pop “activists” 3 Teens Kill 4. In the 90s, she would likely be found hanging out with Tricky & Ruby, surrounded by the dopamine-infused sounds of the era. By the 2000s, girl_irl could have opened for the exquisite, short-lived collective Out Hud, and by the 2010s, she could have shared a studio with experimental electronic artists 18+ and Arca. But now, in 2023, girl_irl stands on her own as a mind-blowing, left-pop, experimental electronic diamond in the rough. Her sound, in bullseye. is raw and unapologetically nonconformist, and the beauty shines brightly for the bravest ones to experience.
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