Rock and roll, in fact all kinds of music, has been a boys club. insidiously so. The countless headlines over the years have been a testament to the caustic male environment and as much as punk DIY communities everywhere felt like a safer place, a more progressive place, in many instances they have not been. Nottingham, UK's Babe Punch push hard against all that shit on "Glitter"- read what they have to say:
"-Glitter- is a song that reflects our story as a band, particularly when we started as young, teenage girls in a male dominated environment. Growing up in the music industry and working with producers, potential managers, sound engineers and other bands exposed us to misogyny we didn’t know existed yet – we were constantly underestimated, dismissed and mocked by men that were often twice our age. The lyrics in the pre-chorus are a response to one professional we worked with who announced to a colleague he wasn’t “invested in us anyway”, as though we weren’t there. Even at a young age, we put no stock in anyone else’s opinions and continued exactly as we were, despite many people trying to mould and browbeat us into being something else – that is what the lyrics to ‘Glitter’ are about. We hope that the message of this song gives young, non-male artists the confidence to stand up for themselves and go after the things they want."
From the onset, with the distorted bending guitar notes, raw and built off of garage, grunge, punk affections I, personally, thought of a broken amalgam of artists like Sonic Youth, Nirvana, Bikini Kill, Gang of Four and P.J Harvey put through a blender. The quiet loud thing is at full throttle as is Molly Godber's vox. I truly like her vocal aesthetic which feels go for broke in that "I fucked up my throat and need honey and lemon in my tea for 2 days straight" sort of way. The song in totality has the feral raw quality that you want in a punk song, or at least, what I want.
"Glitter", the song title itself feels like one of truth and consequences, of shiny baubles that at best is high glam art and at worst dressed up bullshit made by false gods intended to lure the innocent.
-Robb Donker Curtius
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BABE PUNCH, “A youthful, eccentric, electric -‘d fiery mix of pop punk, grunge and pure fire, welcome to your new favourite band.” (Let It Happen)
Babe Punch are a punk four-piece band from Nottingham.
Babe Punch shaped their distinctive sound around grunge and punk influences, defined by their individual inspirations.
The band have been seen to play on line ups for Dot to Dot, Y not and Splendour festival along with supporting the likes of The Cribs, Hinds, The Big Moon and Ezra Furman.
Singles such as ‘CONTROL’ have been described as “a lively, contagious statement of intent” (Clash Magazine) and one of the most impressive debut singles of the year (Eudaemonia).
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