About a Girl is an LP album by Canadian indie pop band Winter Gloves. It was released on 24 March 2009 by Paper Bag Records.

About a Girl
Studio album by
Released24 March 2009 (2009-03-24)
RecordedJanuary 2008
GenreIndie pop, synthpop
Length29:22
LabelPaper Bag Records
ProducerWinter Gloves, Jon Drew
Winter Gloves chronology
Let Me Drive
(2008)
About a Girl
(2009)
A Way to Celebrate
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!(no rating)[1]
The Gatewaypositive[2]

The album was primarily recorded in lo-fi by Charles F., using only one microphone and a combination of amped and unplugged instruments. Errant noises were intentionally mixed into songs to achieve "a pleasant dirty sound".[3] Most of the songs fit in the second wave synthpop genre popularized in the early 2000s,[2] although reviews correlate the song structures and instrumentation to the later revival of dance-punk and electronic dance music in general.

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Charles F.

No.TitleLength
1."Factories"2:39
2."Let Me Drive"2:28
3."Invisible"3:00
4."I Can't Tell You"3:29
5."Glass Paperweight"2:39
6."Hillside"3:00
7."About a Girl"2:55
8."Party People"3:37
9."The Way to Celebrate"1:57
10."Piano 4 Hands"3:38
Total length:29:22

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Langlois, Jill (October 2008). "Winter Gloves: About a Girl". Exclaim.ca. Exclaim! Media Inc. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  2. ^ a b Stead, Sarah (30 October 2008). "Album Review: Winter Gloves — About a Girl". The Gateway. Gateway Student Journalism Society. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
  3. ^ Langlois, Jill (October 2008). "Conversations: Winter Gloves". Exclaim.ca. Exclaim! Media Inc. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2009.
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