‘The Giver and The Gift’, a song on polarity, is fuelled by driving guitars and bass work you’ll remember long after the final note. It’s a fitting return for the ex-Lucid3 front woman Victoria Girling-Butcher, in collaboration with Tom Healy (Tiny Ruins/Terrible Sons/Finn Andrews/Julia Jacklin and more).
After a lifetime of having to spell her name, she’s opted for the ease of VGB. Life in the last 10 years has certainly brought changes – disbanding Lucid 3, moving to Paris, returning to NZ, marriage and a daughter, guitarist in Sir Dave Dobbyn’s band, and becoming a ‘dudette’ for Th’Dudes final shows.