Girl Scout

When lockdown hit the globe in early 2020, I couldn’t imagine anything great coming from it. Here in the United States, just existing was a burden not so easily carried. I moved to a new city to try and save a fractured relationship, which felt so insurmountable that all of my anxieties required new names. When we all finally emerged from our homes, I was convinced that COVID-19 took ample stock and must have harbored some shred of brilliance or hope. If you believe in destiny, then, perhaps, I can convince you that four people in Stockholm, Sweden found each other through music during the pandemic and started weaving the tapestry of a sound that would become so big and unbelievable.

I wish I could say that I stumbled upon Girl Scout’s music in some grand, mythological way. But, the truth is, I was temping at a news desk job for a music magazine and an assignment to cover the band’s first single was tossed into my inbox in the fall of 2022. I’d been doing music criticism for a little over a year at that point, but I’d never had the opportunity to break a band in any American circle. The song I had to write about was “Do You Remember Sally Moore?,” a bold, urgent first chapter in Girl Scout’s career. Any music act would be happy to release a song like “Sally Moore” at any point in their career, let alone have it be their introduction to the world.

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