Hey, if you’re gonna loan a song to HBO series “Girls,” you might as well call it “Girls,” right?
Santigold did just that, as she contributes the new track “Girls” for the first volume soundtrack for the cable comedy. As the characters struggle with their own idiosyncrasies and repeat their mistakes, so does Santi repeat her vocal rhythms “around the block.” The a cappella opening gives way to a minimal drum machine beat with all the high-end your hungover heart can handle.
Santi is just one of many performers on this blissfully lady-heavy compilation “Girls – Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series,” which is due Jan. 8 through HBO/Fueled by Ramen. One of my 2012 favorites Icona Pop is on there, alongside Belle & Sebastian, Tegan & Sara, fun., Grouplove and more. It’s led off with Robyn’s “Dancing on My Own,” for which show creator/lead Lena Dunham and music supervisor Manish Raval should be given the Nobel Peace Prize.
Season 2 of “Girls” returns to HBO on Jan. 13.
Here is the tracklist for “Girls – Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series”
1 Robyn: “Dancing on My Own”
2 fun.: “Sight of the Sun”
3 Harper Simon: “Wishes and Stars”
4 Santigold: “Girls”
5 White Sea: “Overdrawn”
6 Grouplove: “Everyone’s Gonna Get High”
7 Icona Pop: “I Love It”
8 The Echo Friendly: “Same Mistakes”
9 Belle & Sebastian: “I Don’t Love Anyone”
10 Fleet Foxes: “Montezuma”
11 Oh Land: “White Nights”
12 The Vaccines: “Wreckin’ Bar (Ra Ra Ra)”
13 Lia Ices: “Love Is Won”
14 Michael Penn: “On Your Way”
Girls – Volume 1: Music from the HBO Original Series (Deluxe Edition) (digital only):
1 Robyn: “Dancing on My Own”
2 fun.: “Sight of the Sun”
3 Harper Simon: “Wishes And Stars”
4 Santigold: “Girls”
5 White Sea: “Overdrawn”
6 Grouplove: “Everyone’s Gonna Get High”
7 Sleigh Bells: “Infinity Guitars”
8 Tegan & Sara: “Fool to Cry”
9 The Echo-Friendly: “Same Mistakes”
10 Icona Pop: “I Love It”
11 Belle & Sebastian: “I Don’t Love Anyone”
12 The Troggs: “With a Girl Like You”
13 Fleet Foxes: “Montezuma”
14 Oh Land: “White Nights”
15 Generationals: “Yours Forever”
16 The Vaccines: “Wreckin” Bar (Ra Ra Ra)”
17 Lia Ices: “Love Is Won”
18 Michael Penn: “On Your Way”