| The New Life | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Girls Names |
| Cover: | Girlsnamesthenewlifealbumcover.jpg |
| Released: | 18 February 2013 |
| Recorded: | August 2011, June–October 2012 |
| Studio: | Start Together Studios, Belfast |
| Length: | 43:07 |
| Label: | Tough Love Records |
| Producer: | Cathal Cully |
| Prev Title: | Dead to Me |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Arms Around A Vision |
| Next Year: | 2015 |
The New Life is the second album by Northern Irish band Girls Names. It was released on 18 February 2013 by Tough Love Records in Europe and on 12 March 2013 by Slumberland Records in the USA.[1] [2] Its release was preceded by the album's title track "The New Life" as a single on 13 November 2012[3] and the song "Hypnotic Regression" as a download-only single on 10 December 2012.[4] The album cover features a photograph by Rob Peart.[5] The New Life received an aggregate score of 76 out of 100 according to review aggregator website Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6]
An EP of remixes of tracks from The New Life, entitled The Next Life, was released in October 2013 in digital and vinyl formats.[7] [8] Both formats also include a cover version of the Brian Eno song, "Third Uncle".
All songs written by Cathal Cully.