thraed of girl band -- Gilla Band

great band, great new album, here's the thread for them

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdnA7qQCF0k

This is the second thing today that reminded me of Cop Shoot Cop. Specifically "Coldest Day of the Year", which I remember from John Peel ages ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1h_ecrxXklQ

New album is fantastic. Hope they play here at some point, they must be a riot live.

I’ve been wondering why we didn’t have a thread already

holy fuck at the "Shoulderblades" video; perfect

have always strongly & viscerally disliked this lot but who knows maybe that'll change

i think they've progressed a lot from their early work but also this is a band where i couldn't decide if you'd love them or absolutely hate them lj

"shoulderblades" is my music video of the year

it won't, I'll leave you all alone

see also: black midi (although given the choice i'd say they're preferable)

the video did seem cool though

I didn’t like Holding Hands with Jamie nearly as much as I did The Early Years. Hope this is more of a return to form at least as far as my ears are concerned

This introduced me to the band.
Don't care if it's a cover, it's fucking brilliant.
I was bummed they didn't play it when I saw them with (still at that point called) Viet Cong.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRdDTz8wL30

WTHTBUMG is still my go-to for when the plane is about to take off

kinda sounds like swans fronted by james murphy?

As I mentioned on the songs that sound like other songs thread, I have decided “law man” is a great cover of Pretty Woman

Also they should do a track with the guy from Sleaford Mods

So, why ‘were’ they called Girl Band in the first place?

Kill me.

So, why ‘were’ they called Girl Band in the first place?

http://www.instagram.com/p/CWVZKovsx2_/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=01410af3-e768-4911-b542-8bb48cf817df

Yeah, I saw that.

Still none the wiser..

My guess is they thought it was funny. Maybe simply because none of them are girls, but it's always had that undercurrent of lol girl bands are inherently funny, lololol girl musicians amirite? The name itself isn't offensive at all, but when you're placing yourself in a culture that constantly diminishes women then it's good to have a deeper think about your place in it. Good on them, I say.

That's true. But without ever digging any deeper I thought it was probably just the obvious play on and opposition to to the idea of the "boy band".

Well, I guessed it was meant to be ironic.

Just, the idea that they had no idea themselves was..

It’s not like waking up one morning and you’ve got a tattoo you don’t remember