Track Of The Day: Wolf Girl – ‘Toast For Dinner’

Set to release their second album in October, South London’s Wolf Girl have now shared a brand new video for latest single ‘Toast For Dinner’. Having recently captivated us with their sunny charm live at Indietracks Festival, and featuring Christabel from Suggested Friends on drums, Wolf Girl are fast becoming a firm favourite.

Flowing with an infectious jangly scuzz and twinkling uplifting harmonies, ‘Toast for Dinner’ is an exquisite slice of perfect indie-pop. Propelled by a driving, vibrant energy and Healey’s luscious vocals – and with thoroughly relatable lyrics like “toast for dinner again, I’m trying to tie up loose ends” -, it’s a total delight for the ears, leaving us longing to hear the upcoming album in full.

Watch the magic-tinged video for ‘Toast For Dinner’ here:

Every Now And Then, the forthcoming album from Wolf Girl, is out 19th October via Everything Sucks. Pre-order here.

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Track Of The Day: Petrol Girls – ‘Sister’

Soft, but striking and seminal in its message; Petrol Girls‘ latest single ‘Sister’ is a remarkable new anthem championing the power of sisterhood. The track is taken from the band’s upcoming EP The Future Is Dark, released via Hassle Records on 14th September.

The accompanying video features footage submitted by Petrol Girls’ allies and fans, as well shots of our favourites Dream Nails and Witch Fever performing live. Speaking about the new single, front woman Ren Aldridge explains:

“I’ve been wanting for us to write a song about sisterhood for a long time, because it’s these relationships that have had the biggest impact on my life and that form the heart of my feminism. I’ve got two younger blood sisters and a few very close friends that I consider sisters, as well as our family dog Skye who passed away last summer but I loved her like a sister too. All of those relationships have taught me so much. They’ve guided me, taken care of me, made me laugh til I cry and nurtured me into better versions of myself. I think society often puts too much emphasis on sexual relationships, when sisterhood is incredibly important and powerful. This song celebrates a relationship that can pose a real threat to capitalism and patriarchy because it challenges competition and is built on care and trust.”

The title of Petrol Girls’ upcoming EP The Future Is Dark, further reflects their unwavering belief in the strength of sisterhood. The EP is named after a Virginia Woolf quote that writer Rebecca Solnit uses as a starting point for her essay ‘Woolf’s Darkness,’ in Men Explain Things To Me. She writes about accepting uncertainty and not fearing the dark or the unknown, because actually we don’t know what will happen next. She describes despair and optimism both as forms of certainty that create grounds for not acting, whereas hope pushes us to act and make change in whatever ways we can.

Ren ruminates further on this point: “The dark, just like the future, is full of possibilities. It makes me think about how its only in the dark that we can see the stars and think about ourselves as just tiny parts of this cosmic system, as part of a bigger picture. I find it really grounding and inspiring to feel individually small but part of something huge.”

We’re definitely proud to share Petrol Girls’ sisterhood ethics. Watch the video for ‘Sister’ below and follow the band on Facebook for more updates.

Pre-order Petrol Girls’ The Future Is Dark EP here.
Available on limited etched 12” vinyl with hand-screenprinted sleeve.

Kate Crudgington
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Track Of The Day: The Kut – ‘Hollywood Rock N Roll’

Following success for their debut album Valley Of Thorns, and having wowed audiences at the likes of Camden Rocks, Rebellion and Amplified festivals, rockers The Kut return with a riotous video for new single ‘Hollywood Rock N Roll’.

Propelled by a thrashing, angst-driven energy, ‘Hollywood Rock N Roll’ relents the state of Hollywood and the world in general. With the raw, gritty vocals of front-woman Princess Maha, alongside racing riffs and pounding beats, it builds to an anthemic blast of raging rock that’ll grab your attention in an instant with its seething power.

Watch the band tear up Hollywood in the new video here:

And catch The Kut live on their UK tour:

16th August – The Chelsea Inn, Bristol
17th August – The Moon, Cardiff
18th August – Club 85, Hitchin
19th August – The Islington, London
14th August – Byline Festival, East Sussex
31st August – Wilkestock Festival, Stevenage
30th September – Sonder Festival, Manchester
27th October – Star and Garter, Manchester
4th November – Croydon Rocks Festival, Croydon

Mari Lane
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Track Of The Day: Sit Down – ‘Mothership’

Inspired by their love of sci-fi & Route 66: Brighton-based duo Sit Down have shared a video for their single ‘Mothership’. Filmed entirely on VHS by the band during an American road-trip, the visuals show the pair frequenting highways and diners as their thunderous single plays on in the background.

The video has been released alongside the the exciting announcement that they will play Reading and Leeds Festivals this year for BBC Introducing. Taken from their recent debut EP Cheap Luxe, ‘Mothership’ is a blur of aliens and autonomy, as drumming front woman Katie Oldham explains: “There’s an undeniably feminist message behind it, like there is with the majority of our songs. It’s mostly about growing into womanhood, but also just loving the idea of this huge all-powerful alien queen invading earth to save us from horrible men.”

The band are keen to keep things DIY too, as Guitarist Greg Burns adds: “The decision to film ‘Mothership’ on VHS was not just purely for the aesthetic, it also embodies exactly what we stand for with Cheap Luxe, the namesake of our EP. To us, Cheap Luxe is embracing the crude, ramshackle reality of life in a world so obsessed with projecting perfection. It’s about this real, gritty rawness that’s so much more fun than taking yourself seriously. Doing everything DIY is important to us, and there was something so magic about working so hard to go on this once in a lifetime adventure and film this thing, which we could only then afford to do on an old camcorder we got for a few quid at a car boot sale. It’s perfect.”

We think Sit Down are perfect too! Watch the video below and follow the band on Facebook for more updates.

Sit Down have also released a photo diary zine, featuring 35mm film snapshots behind the scenes of the ‘Mothership’ video, which are available on their bandcamp page.

Sit Down 2018 Tour Dates
August 17th – Sticky Mike’s Frog Bar, Brighton w/ Gloo
August 23rd – Old Blue Last, London w/ Average Sex
August 25th – BBC Introducing Stage, Reading Festival
August 26th – BBC Introducing Stage, Leeds Festival
October 13th – The 2nd Floor, Chester

Photo Credit: Bridie Florence

Kate Crudgington
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