Problem Patterns are not limited by age or ability or binary identities. They don't have a front person, they swap instruments and roles to ensure that each member of the group has a voice. The band’s admiration for Bikini Kill and the riot grrrl movement led to an online conversation with the artist Kathleen Hanna, who advised them from her Los Angeles porch. She told them that if there wasn’t a backlash, then Problem Patterns weren’t doing their job properly.
We think it's fair to say they're doing their job properly... You will too with this brand new debut album. F**k YESSSSS! On pink vinyl limited to 700 copies, do get in quickly. This is one of the very best. Shipping in time for release day on 27th October.
1. Y.A.W
2. Big Shouty
3. Advertising Services
4. A History of Bad Men Part II
5. Lesbo 3000
6. Pity Bra
7. Who Do We Not Save
8. Poverty Tourist
9. Letter of Resignation
10. Picture of Health
11. TERFs Out
12. Domestic Bliss
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TERFs out!
You don’t speak for me
And sister is spelled with an S not a C
TERFs out!
It’s just bigotry
We all need more accountability
Standing with your oppressors will not make you more free
You can’t tear down who built up our community
Cuz LGB is nothing if not for the T
So show up with some real solidarity
Tired comedians
Trying to stay relevant
Listen to that old hag we used to adore
When he sang
“That joke isn’t funny anymore”
A vile veil of faux feminism
But you can’t claim ignorance
You know exactly what you’ve been doing
And you know your influence
They say their discourse is “defending women”
When it is just another way of controlling our bodies
It is transmisogyny
Trans exclusionary radical feminists AKA TERFs
Claim that word to be a slur
Yet through violent hate speech against anyone who does not fit their increasingly small view
Of what it is to be a “real woman”
A real woman is not down to her reproductive system
A real woman does not look a certain way
A real woman is whoever she wants to be
And real feminism would never leave her out
Because feminism is for everybody
Every single body
And not just the bodies that you are comfortable with
Afrofuturist punk from Philly that twists the hardcore sounds of '90s DC and San Diego into a seething mass of wires and roots. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 3, 2019
Melbourne-based Slush's debut EP is filled with feminist, punky-pop tunes that make for an exciting introduction to their music. Bandcamp New & Notable May 10, 2019
The great underlying instrumentation paired with Florence's droll stream of consciousness lyrics make this album stand out. It feels so personal and confessional. Favorite tracks are Strong Feelings and Leafy. I've heard Scratchard Lanyard on alt radio and love that one as well. tofupotpie