In a searingly honest Facebook post, guitarist and vocalist Ian Graham wrote, “To me, Cheap Girls feels like something that I’ve used to exercise the worst aspects of my ego and control. It is no longer comfortable or healthy for myself or others to be involved with it. Although these negative actions have been entirely my responsibility, we have decided as a group to end the band.”

He continued to say his issues had been “especially difficult” for his band mates and admitted he “abused the artist-fan dynamic”, but said he was 9 and a half months sober and ending the band was important for his continued recovery.

“I carried a ton of shame and remorse for years,” Ian wrote. “There are things in my past that make me literally sick to my stomach to think about; I carried it all to the point that I had to completely change my life and make every effort I could to turn my way of thinking around. I work every day through therapy, meetings, a recovery program -anything that I can do to be the person I know I can be. I know that I do not have to live in a place filled with selfishness and ego anymore if I do the work in front of me.”

You can read the full post below:

The track follows on from their latest release, the B-sides/rarities collection ‘God’s Ex-Wife’, which was released last month on Asian Man Records.

Listen to ‘Lousy’ by Cheap Girl at CLRVYNT

The song was originally taken from a split EP the indie punk trio did with Failures Union, which was released to a limited 500 copies.

The album will be available on the 16th September and you can pre-order it now on the Asian Man Records website.

The collection will be released on the 16th September via Asian Man Records. The record can be pre-ordered at the label’s website.

Additionally, the band are streaming a previously unheard track from it, ‘Twice as Before’, over at New Noise Magazine.

Flash forward 10 years and I was able to relive that evening. Granted, I live in a different city and I didn’t ditch my friends to go on an adventure, but the part where I saw the Loved Ones play happened. It was really something special to catch up with the band after their recent decline in activity. Keep Your Heart is still one of my favorite records and holds up very well on stage. I only wish I wasn’t old enough to know better on matters of trespassing. But, I guess since I can buy my own beer and work for a music publication, I don’t need to sneak backstage to talk to my favorite bands anymore. Ahhh memories.

-mat

Taken from their forthcoming full-length ‘Famous Graves’, scheduled for release on the 12th May via Xtra Mile Recordings, Michigan based rock trio Cheap Girls are streaming their new track, ‘Amazing Grace’.

The album will be released on May 12, and the band are touring the US with Against Me! and The Hold Steady to support the release. Check out the song over here, or using the player in this article.

It has the snappy title of ‘Presenting: Twelve Months and Counting’, and features new and unreleased songs from Cheap Girls, Great Cynics, Some Sort Of Threat, Arliss Nancy, Watch Commander, Family Cat, Wegrowbeards, Break-Ups, Donovan Wolfington, T-Shirt Weather and more… Have a listen to it using the player below!

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