In the event you really feel such as you missed out on the Brat Summer season hype as a result of Charli xcx didn’t cater to your punk sensibilities, then prepare for Cuntology season, dropped at you by Lambrini Women and their debut album, Who Let The Canines Out.
A file fuelled by Tesco booze, the Brighton duo unpick all of recent Britain’s shortcomings by way of the medium of fiery, three-minute punk. Whereas different fashionable punk bands resembling IDLES are buffing away their rougher edges in favour of extra summary lyricism and experimental post-punk, Lambrini Women take up the mantle because the scene’s new disruptors.
All through 11 blistering, rage-fuelled tracks, they rail in opposition to every part unsuitable on this planet, beginning with police brutality (Unhealthy Apple) and office misogyny (Firm Tradition) earlier than working their method by way of gentrification and nepotism on You’re Not From Round Right here and Filthy Wealthy Nepotism respectively.
The latter offers with the business connections that get so many bands Subsequent Massive Factor standing. It’s a endless frustration that infects all corners of the music business, the place arduous work comes second place to the precise surname. With trademark acidic sarcasm, they sing “In order for you success to final / Fetishise the working class out of your 5-bed home in Surrey”.
Maybe probably the most highly effective second of the album is Nothing Tastes As Good As It Feels, titled as a twist on ‘Nothing tastes pretty much as good as skinny feels’, the notorious, anorexia-inducing mantra popularised by Kate Moss within the late noughties. Right here, they distinction the mannequin’s romanticised view of physique dysmorphia with the stark realities of thinning hair, brittle bones and lacking intervals. There’s no room to cover on this tune, exhibiting all of the true horrors of an consuming dysfunction.
However even after tackling the entire severe points, there’s nonetheless room to have enjoyable. Cuntology 101 defines the brand new Cunt Lady archetype, seemingly creating a brand new punk subculture across the recently-reclaimed phrase. What’s cunty, you ask? Something from respecting others to shagging behind some bins, based on Lambrini Women. Like their contemporaries Amyl and the Sniffers, Lambrini Women are unafraid to deal with probably the most severe points of their music, with out ever dropping sight of the boozy, punky sense of humour that makes them shine.
