I feel like I grew up with Girlpool. I first listened to them in my late teens when I started experimenting with high-waisted jeans and being more open and vulnerable. Girlpool pair with this stage of life surprisingly well. Consisting of Cleo Tucker and Harmony Tividad, the band’s folk-inspired sound has always skewed toward the “hushed and twee” as Stranger music critic Dave Segal expertly observed. But their latest release, What Chaos Is Imaginary, sounds big and expansive. There are even synths. It’s like we all evolved. by Jas Keimig