Horsegirl

Sid The Cat Presents

Horsegirl

with Sunday Mourners

9/28/2026 at Sid The Cat Auditorium

We were kids, lined around the block; it was the summer of 2021 and Horsegirl was headlining Schubas Tavern. Our eyes were glowing and true as rockets of noise filled the room. There were legs and arms and bodies and hope and suddenly, there was a home for all of us, and we realized that this would be the hour from which our future sprung forth. Even from these early moments, Horsegirl possessed an honesty that has resonated with listeners. It is a spirit they have honored on their second album, Phonetics On and On, an exploration of the lines between pop, minimalism and playful experimentation.

There is something about the bitter cold in Chicago that unites the city in January— the two weeks in 2024 that Horsegirl spent recording Phonetics On and On were some of the coldest days in Chicago that year. With the heating off in The Loft to avoid sound interference, the band was bundled in multiple sweaters and sitting on their hands between takes. Working closely with musician/producer Cate Le Bon (Deerhunter, Kurt Vile, Wilco) Horsegirl found focus and intimacy in the studio that can only arise when it's simply too cold to step outside. Abandoning the heavy saturation and character studies of Versions of Modern Performance, Le Bon leads them into new, bright, clear, sonic territories that highlight the inventive nature of these new songs.