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U.S. Girls is a Toronto-based experimental pop project formed in 2007, consisting solely of American musician and record producer Meghan Remy. She had released music on a variety of independent record labels before signing to 4AD in 2015.
Half Free, her first record for 4AD, was released the same year. It garnered a Juno Award nomination for Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2016, and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2016 Polaris Music Prize. Her next records In a Poem Unlimited (2018) and Heavy Light (2020) also received the same accolades.
Remy collaborates with a number of Toronto-based musicians on both songwriting and music production.




Background


Remy grew up in Illinois and attended a Catholic high school. She was raised mostly by her mother. She was in her first punk band as a teenager. She cites riot grrrl and Crass as some of her early influences.
She attended an art college in Oregon, concentrating on paper arts and graphic design.
The name "U.S. Girls" originated from a casual conversation she was having with a friend talking about a European band coming to town. She joked, "Wait 'til they get a look at these U.S. girls!" and the phrase stuck.




Music career


Remy began making music in the mid-2000s, playing in bands in Chicago and Portland. In 2008 she started recording solo at home.
After signing to 4AD in 2015, first album Half Free received critical acclaim from publications including The Quietus. She performed the album at festivals through 2016, including Primavera Sound.
In 2018, Remy's sixth studio album, In a Poem Unlimited, was released on 4AD. and was awarded Pitchfork's Best New Music accolade. She made her Coachella debut in 2019 as part of the album cycle.
2020's Heavy Light was released shortly before the pandemic, preceded by singles "4 American Dollars" and "Overtime".
Her 2023 album Bless This Mess was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.




Writing career


In 2021, Remy released her first book, Begin by Telling, published by Bookhug Press. CBC.ca wrote that " experimental pop sensation Meg Remy spins a web out from her body to myriad corners of American hyper-culture. Through illustrated lyric essays depicting memories from early childhood to present day, Remy paints a stark portrait of a spectacle-driven country."




Personal life


Remy later moved the band to Toronto from Chicago in 2010 after marrying Canadian musician Max "Slim Twig" Turnbull. Alongside Turnbull, she operates record label Calico Corp., and sometimes performs as a guest vocalist with Turnbull's Badge Époque Ensemble.
She is a permanent resident of Canada.




Discography


Studio albums

Introducing... (2008)
Go Grey (2010)
U.S. Girls on KRAAK (2011)
Gem (2012)
Half Free (2015)
In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
Heavy Light (2020)
Bless This Mess (2023)
Split albums

U.S. Girls / Slim Twig (2011) (with Slim Twig)
EPs

Kankakee Memories (2008)
U.S. Girls/Dirty Beaches Split EP (2011)
Free Advice Column (2013)
Live albums

Lives (2023)
Compilations

Early Works (2011)




= Singles

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References






External links


U.S. Girls discography at Discogs

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• Girls' Generation
• S.E.O.U.L.
• WJSN
• Between Us Girls
• SM Entertainment
• Girls & Peace
• Wonder Girls
• Videografi Girls' Generation
• Cheryl
• Penghargaan Musik Asia Mnet
• U.S. Girls
• U.S. Girls' Junior
• Heavy Light (U.S. Girls album)
• U.S. Junior Amateur
• Alexandra Botez
• Bless This Mess (U.S. Girls album)
• In a Poem Unlimited
• U.S. Women's Open
• Alice Lee (chess player)
• Howard Bilerman