Geek the Girl album cover
Geek the Girl

Lisa Germano

1994
4AD

Lisa Germano’s full original debut for 4AD after they presented the reworked Happiness made it clear why the label was a much better home for her than Capitol; her tense, often harrowing songs, created mostly via home recordings, seemed almost tailormade for a label with an emphasis on interior feelings. While snippets of a folk song provide lighter relief at various points on Geek the Girl, her close-miked vocals, murky layers of sound and sometimes abrasive guitar suit suit songs often about horrifying situations, as on “Cry Wolf” and “…A Psychopath.”

Ned Raggett

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