Easily my favourite artist in the last five years, she's number 1 on my last.fm, she's also had first place in my best of lists two years in a row (2021 and 2022). So I was really looking forward to this.
If not as immediate as debut Garageband Superstar, Girlfriend Material definitely feels more personal, intimate and accomplished. With huge life events happening to Hibberd over the last 18 months, the album explores coping through that. From grief from the death of a family member to the grief of the end of a long-term relationship.
I've always felt that alongside the fun self-deprecation, Hibberd has always managed to do melancholic introspection really well. Older songs like "Shark Week" and… More