KATY GOODMAN & GRETA MORGAN - Take It, It's Yours LP (180g, Baby Blue Vinyl)

Label: Polyvinyl

Individually, Katy Goodman of La Sera and Greta Morgan of Springtime Carnivore are known for sterling, melancholic pop. On their new collaborative album, Take It, It’s Yours, they combine their voices around spectral arrangements of punk and new wave classics by the Wipers, the Misfits, Bad Brains, the Replacements, Blondie, the Buzzcocks, the Jam, the Stooges, Gun Club, and Billy Idol. It’s an intimate document of their close friendship and dedication to creative deconstruction, taking apart and piecing back together classic songs in spooky and thrilling new ways.

Working at Comp-NY Recording, the duo handled the recording themselves, Morgan on assorted guitars, keys, drums, and marimba, Goodman on bass, both singers harmonizing together throughout.

Recontextualizing and disassembling the songs, they found inventive ways to twist them to their will, from the sparklingly post-punk guitar solo in “Bastards of Young” to their shimmering girl group take on Blondie’s “Dreaming.”