At first, the combination of the lyrics and the guitars’ anxious mood seemed mismatched to me, but the line “grilling my grief in the beef” triggered a complete shift in context that made me want to listen to the song again; I got the impression it was about suppressing emotions and scorning displays of muscular bravado. The minor-key guitars create repetitive patterns — each pattern followed by a change in rhythm — while backing vocals emphasize specific words, creating a sense of pressure.

“Girls that can Grill” on bandcamp: https://geertruida.bandcamp.com/track/girls-that-can-grill

“Girls that can Grill” on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4Tn1QgTv18OgmR4mucyTS4?si=

Full album “plonk”: https://geertruida.bandcamp.com/album/plonk

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