French Exit (album)

French Exit is the debut studio album by American indie pop band TV Girl. It was released on June 5, 2014 and follows the release of their first mixtape The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle and their third EP Lonely Women. The band describe the album's songs as "about lost lust, too much love and not enough."

The album cover is an edited photo taken from Mary Lee Gowland's 1969 poetry collection, Tender Bough. In the album’s liner notes, it is stated that the image was taken by Mary's father, Peter Gowland, and used as the album cover with her permission. The album received more popularity through TikTok, following the increase in usage of the album's ninth track, "Lovers Rock", which has over 800 million streams on Spotify as of 2024.

Tour
In March 2020, the band announced tour dates in support of the "six-and-a-half" year anniversary of French Exit, originally starting on April 23, 2020 and concluding on July 23, 2020, which would later be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The band announced new tour dates for the French Exit 6.5 Year Anniversary tour, with Jordana as an opening act for some shows. The tour started in September 22, 2021 and concluded in December 18, 2021.

Reception
French Exit was called "remarkably solid" by Bandwagon Magazine.

The album was also referred as "refreshing, relaxing, and cynical" by KSUA Radio. KRUI-FM described the album as one with "melodic hooks, prosaic lyrics, and innovative sampling".

Track listing
Sample credits
 * "Birds Don't Sing" contains samples of "Seven Minutes in Heaven", performed by the Poni-Tails.
 * "Lovers Rock" contains samples of "The Dance is Over", performed by the Shirelles.

Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of French Exit.
 * Brad Petering – vocals, songwriting, recording, production, mixing
 * Jason Wyman – recording, production, mixing, mastering
 * Mat Cothran – songwriting (track 8)
 * Dan Komin – bass and guitar (tracks 3 and 12)
 * Faith Harding – backing vocals (tracks 2, 4-5, 8-9, 11)
 * Trung Ngo – additional vocals (tracks 2 and 4)
 * Ally Hasche – additional vocals (track 3)
 * Wyatt Harmon – additional vocals (track 11)
 * Madison Acid – artwork design
 * Peter Gowland – photography (used with permission from his daughter Mary Lee Gowland)