Canadian alt-pop provocateur Allie X returns today with her third studio album, Girl With No Face, the follow-up to 2020’s Cape God. The new album marks Allie’s first time writing and producing everything completely by herself, and sonically, the songs nod to ’80s-era British groups like New Order and The Human League.
Girl With No Face features four pre-release singles: “Weird World,” “Girl With No Face,” “Off With Her Tits,” and “Black Eye.” Allie credits the pandemic with allowing her to hop off the music industry’s “gerbil wheel” and focus on creating a body of songs that’s unlike any in her catalog.
“It’s hard to have a perspective on something you’ve literally spent 1000’s of hours on, but here are some words I’d use to describe this record: indulgent, stubborn, dry witted, angry, melodramatic… in short, v me,” Allie wrote on Instagram. “As many of you know, the ‘X’ in my name is indicative of an exploration of identity. Girl With No Face is probably the most sustained and disorienting look into the mirror thus far.”
