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| Studio album by Cumgirl8 | |
| Released | October 4, 2024 (2024-10-04) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 35:41 |
| Label | 4AD |
| Singles from The 8th Cumming | |
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The 8th Cumming (stylised in all lowercase) is the debut studio album by American post-punk band and multi-media collective Cumgirl8. It was released on October 4, 2024, through 4AD. The album experiments with the genres of post-punk, new wave and synth-pop, and explores themes of sexual liberation, despair and desperation.
The 8th Cumming was promoted with a tour across North America and Europe, two standalone singles, "Glasshour" and "Quite Like Love", along with the singles "Karma Police" and "Ahhh!hhhh! (I Don't Wanna Go)". It received generally favourable reviews upon release, with critics praising the unpredictability of the album and complimenting its experimentation and roots in post-punk.
Background
In 2023, Cumgirl8 signed with the British record label 4AD; that same year, they released the debut EP Phantasea Pharm. DIY's Otis Robinson described the EP as "a parody of femme objectification". In an interview with Matt Mitchell of Paste before the release of The 8th Cumming, guitarist Veronika Vilim said in relation to joining the label, "There's this message that we're trying to put out to people, and the problem with it—with being objectified—is that we’re being told that we can't, or that we're not good enough, or whatever fuels the fire. It’s rewarding to see people start to understand what we're doing, because we are doing something." Drummer Chase Lombardo added, "if we're pissing people off, it’s such a compliment." In 2024, Cumgirl8 released the standalone singles "Glasshour" and "Quite Like Love".
Release
Cumgirl8 announced the album on August 8, 2024 with the release of the lead single "Karma Police". New Noise Magazine's Stefanie Sanchez described the track as "If Siouxsie and the Banshees, Berlin, Bjork, and Nine Inch Nails had a baby, this would be it." On September 12, 2024, they released the single "Ahhh!hhhh! (I Don't Wanna Go)".
The 8th Cumming was released on October 4, 2024. The album was supported with a tour across North America and Europe. The tour covered the United States and Canada, along with France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 72/100 |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| NME |   |
| DIY |  |
| The Line of Best Fit | 7/10 |
| Paste | 6/10 |
| The Needle Drop | 7/10 |
| Far Out | |
The 8th Cumming received generally favourable reviews on release. On the review aggregating website Metacritic, the album received a normalised rating of 72 out of 100 based on 4 critical reviews. Writing for NME, May Robbins called it "a refreshingly feminist and futuristic take on post-punk". DIY's Lisa Wright noted the album's roots in "the shadier, the more electronic underbelly of the '80s", comparing it to the works of Siouxsie Sioux, The Cure and Kraftwerk and describing it as "the painful sound of the real female experience". Anthony Fantano praised the energy of the album and stated that the band was worth following in the future. The Line of Best Fit's Matt Young gave the album strong praise, stating that Cumgirl8 stood out as "a refreshing force of transgressive experimentation" and further appreciating its exploration of sexual liberation and its varied range of experimentation. Elle Palmer of Far Out expressed that The 8th Cumming felt like an album that only Cumgirl8 could have made, noting its unpredictability and themes of desperation and despair in relation to the world and dating.
In a more neutral review, Paste writer Cat Woods gave the album a 6/10, complimenting the album but calling "Mercy" forgettable and noting that "the 1980s videogame sonics can be tiresome about four tracks in". Contrastingly, Matt Mitchell complimented the album's indulgence into sexuality and described the album as "an intergalactic, unknowable stamp of utopian, warped chaos".
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Karma Police" | 3:01 |
| 2. | "Ahhh!hhhh! (I Don't Wanna Go)" | 3:09 |
| 3. | "Mercy" | 3:34 |
| 4. | "Hysteria!" | 3:10 |
| 5. | "UTI" | 3:54 |
| 6. | "Simulation" | 3:44 |
| 7. | "Girls Don't Try" | 3:28 |
| 8. | "iBerry" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "NY Winter" | 4:03 |
| 10. | "Something New" | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 35:41 | |
Personnel
Credits adapted from Tidal.
Cumgirl8
- Avishag Rodrigues – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, synthesizer, producer, composer, lyricist
- Chase Lombardo – drums, bass guitar, synthesizer, programmer, producer, composer, lyricist
- Lida Fox – bass guitar, synthesizer, composer, lyricist
- Veronika Vilim – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, composer, lyricist
Additional musicians
- Mark Indelicato – studio musician
- Paul Millar – studio musician, synthesizer, mixing
- Paul Gold – mastering
Notes
- Fantano specifically gave the album "a strong 6 to a light 7".
Footnotes
- Robinson 2023.
- ^ Mitchell 2024.
- ^ O'Connor 2024.
- ^ Jamieson 2024.
- Sanchez 2024.
- Kelly 2024.
- Brasil 2024.
- ^ Metacritic n.d.
- ^ Robbins 2024.
- ^ Wright 2024.
- ^ Young 2024.
- ^ Woods 2024.
- ^ Fantano 2024.
- ^ Palmer 2024.
- Tidal n.d.
References
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- Fantano, Anthony (2024-10-08). "c*mgirl8 - the 8th c*mming". The Needle Drop. Archived from the original on 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Jamieson, Sarah (2024-08-12). "cumgirl8 announce details of debut album 'the 8th cumming'". DIY. Archived from the original on 2024-08-14. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Kelly, Tyler (2024-09-13). "cumgirl8 share new single, "ahhhh!hhhh! (i don't wanna go)"". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Mitchell, Matt (2024-10-01). "cumgirl8: The Best of What's Next". Paste. Archived from the original on 2024-10-01. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- O'Connor, Siobhain (2024-07-16). "cumgirl8 have announced new tour dates for the UK, Europe and North America". Dork. Archived from the original on 2024-07-16. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Palmer, Elle (2024-10-03). "Cumgirl8 – 'The 8th Cumming' album review: A collection of cyberfeminist chaos". Far Out. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Robinson, Otis (2023-08-18). "cumgirl8 - phantasea pharm". DIY. Archived from the original on 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Robbins, May (2024-10-03). "Cumgirl8 – 'The 8th Cumming' review: smutty synth-punk with a sharp tongue". NME. Archived from the original on 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Sanchez, Stefanie (2024-09-04). "Manhattan's Cumgirl8 Deliver Single 'Karma Police' Off Upcoming Album 'the 8th Cumming'". New Noise Magazine. Archived from the original on 2024-09-04. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Woods, Cat (2024-10-04). "cumgirl8's Debut LP the 8th cumming May Not Be Novel, But It's Full of Sleazy Fun". Paste. Archived from the original on 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Wright, Lisa (2024-10-04). "cumgirl8 - the 8th cumming review". DIY. Archived from the original on 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- Young, Matt (2024-10-02). "cumgirl8's provocative chaos meets adventure on The 8th Cumming". The Line of Best Fit. Archived from the original on 2025-01-11. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- "the 8th cumming by cumgirl8 Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. n.d. Retrieved 2025-01-11.
- "the 8th cumming / cumgirl8 / Credits / the 8th cumming / cumgirl8". Tidal. n.d. Retrieved 2025-01-11.