Girls Names formed in Dublin with Cathal Cully on vocals and guitar, Conor Curley on bass, Cian Murphy on drums, and Philip Quinn handling synths and programming. Their first album, 'Dead To Me,' came out in 2011, followed by 'The New Life' in 2013, which leaned into electronics and ambient textures.
A track from that period, 'Hypnotic Regression,' got some indie radio play with its repetitive rhythms and distant vocals. Other songs like 'A Second Skin' and 'Bury Me' show the band's preference for hazy, guitar-driven atmospheres that feel both melodic and slightly abrasive.
They left their label in 2014 and kept putting out records on their own, including a self-titled album in 2017 and 'The Night is Youth' in 2019. The music stayed in that post-punk and dream-pop zone, never quite breaking into a wider audience but maintaining a steady output for listeners who liked their particular shade of gloom.
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