Modern Woman: Neptune Girl
(One Little Independent Records)
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Modern Woman continue a relentless march towards their debut album by releasing their second single of the year, Neptune Girl, as well as announcing further UK tour dates. Already established as a favourite in their live set, this song has a much edgier and danceable feel at it challenges morality in the world of adolescence.
With London art-rock outfit Modern Woman it already feels like a case of waiting for a London bus….. ages pass by with nothing on the horizon and then suddenly two come at once. And with their debut album, Johnny’s Dreamworld, already recorded and set to be unleashed in May 2026, so it is with the release of new single Neptune Girl which comes just six weeks after Dashboard Mary hit the airwaves. And with gems like this starting to come think and fast from Modern Woman I cannot get enough of it so read on and listen…
Neptune Girl once again draws on the bands melting pot of influences as its collage of shifting tones and dynamic rhythms collide in perfect dis-harmony. With propulsive drums and bass and fractured guitar lines all feeding into a heavy danceable beat, whilst Sophie Harris once again stretches her expansive vocal register to its limits, it’s a song which is a perfect illustration of the band’s penchant for an explosive approach to sound and melody, especially as the intensity increases mid-song. The accompanying video was produced by award-winning animator Joseph Brett.
Neptune Girl explores the world of morality through the lens of childhood, trying to come to terms with what it means to be good or bad before you understand those words. As the band explain, “This was built off an image of growing up in England, playing in the roads and fields with a friend who later went up to heaven. Heaven is, I imagine, somewhere near Neptune.”
Following an extensive run of dates in the UK and Europe supporting Ezra Furman, Modern Woman have now announced some further live dates in the UK and Europe, including the album launch which will be held at The Lexington in London. The dates are as follows:
March
28 – Beat Connection, Reading
April
11 – Outertown Festival, Bristol
May
06 – The Lexington, London (Album Launch)
07 – FOCUS Wales, Wrexham
23 – Wanderlust Festival, Southampton
July
04 – Vida Festival, Catalonia (Spain)
August
01 – Wilderness Festival, Oxfordshire
21 – Green Man Festival, Brecon Beacons, UK
September
03-06 – End of the Road Festival, Dorset, UK
You can buy tickets for the live dates here.
You can stream the single here.
You can pre-order the album here.
You can find Modern Woman on Facebook, Instagram, Bandcamp and their website.
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All words by Ian Corbridge. You can find more of his writing at his author profile here.
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