Music Menses

It's that time of the month again (even though we skipped a month....) where we take a good look at some groovy tunes made by bloody good creators.

Fat Whites
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This month we are greeted with a fresh creation from the beautiful degenerates scrapped straight from the glory hole, one Fat White Family. Having left fans waiting over a year for a new album, the band have released a mere snippet of their glorious spew up 'Song's for Our Mothers', consisting of heroine addictions, references to Hitler's suicide and the spectre of an austerity victim.Whilst there has been longing for new content it's clear the album's creation has drained the band physically and psychologically, driving them so hard into the ground some of the band almost ended up on their death bed. We can, therefore, only expect a stomach churning mastery to come from an album that has been so highly anticipated by their fan base, who are just as indignant and anarchistic as the band themselves (myself included).

The fragment of the album the fans are greeted with, Whitest Boys on the Beach, is an indication of the collected mayhem that is come. The song is full of layers, as per Fat-White-Family-usual, it's like being smushed in the face with moist towel used to wipe the sweat off the face of dead fascist, by the hands of insurgents who killed him. Made up of Lias' eerie lyricism sang through his typical unsettling murmur, behind the hum of synths and the relentless drone of fuzzy guitars, the song shows off the band's solid roots dug deep in the time of synth-pop and electronic rock, as well as being stuck in the ways of cowpunk and psychobilly. In this way the band have combined both distinct elements of such artists as DEVO and Talking Heads with contrasting bands, like The Gun Club, as well as echoing such previous songs as Wet Hot Beef  Pt. 1 and Cream of the Young. 

Whitest Boys on the Beach
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Although the Fat Whites have been performing Whitest Boys on the Beach for a while now, with the build up to the album the band have released the song as a single as well as releasing video for the song this month. The song's history is not as controversial as the song has made out to be, the band themselves have said the inspiration for the song stems from literally being the 'whitest boys' on the beach inBarcelona, however Lias explains: "If it is construed as political, then I'm glad it is. Why shouldn't it be... The song was inspired by a completely different situation, but if the song ends up being construed as about who's white enough to stay on the beach, then so be it." With recent developments in politics and music the song, whether purposeful or not, slaps modern culture in the face with an ox-tongue so hard it knocks some cold, much needed sense into both indie music scene as well as our so called 'democractic' society. And baby it hurts so good, we are ready to embrace the harsh reality of human futility with the Fat White Family. Let's get down and dance 'to the beat of human hatred.'


You can caress the Whitest Boys on the Beach in your soft palms on the 15th January 2016. On the 22nd of the same month 'Song's for Our Mothers' will be released for all your Mother's needs.

Watch the Whitest Boys on the Beach video through this exclusive interview: Whitest Boys
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Music Menses

This is the first part of what will, hopefully, be monthly music segment, amply named music menses as much like a lady's womanly cycle it will be messy, most probably painful and is likely to be unpredictable. In the way of content, however, is hopefully where the feature will differ from the menses part and instead, provide a monthly instalment of new music from far and wide and all the right places.

Pixx herself
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To cut the metaphorical ribbon at the grand opening of 'Music Menses' is the celestial electronic-folk singer Pixx aka Hannah Rodgers. Whilst her home town of Chipstead isn't on the map for its musical luminary, her graduation from the Brit school tells a different story, as at only the age of 19 Pixx launches herself in the crowd of new notable creators such as likes of FKA Twigs and King Krule.

Her futuristic aesthetic combined with a classical melancholic tone not only sets her apart from many artists but also caught the eye of the credible 4AD- home to such epic bands as Beirut, Purity Ring and Pixies (!)- who no doubt signed her almost instantly. What with her Grimes-esk vibes and the folk themes similar to Iron and Wine the Record Label seems an undeniably perfect habitat for such an artist as Pixx, who herself claimed that "it's incredible to be welcomed with open arms to a label that is home to so many artists that have influenced me over the years."

Although the young chanteuse only recently released her EP 'Fall In', she has already made her mark in the indie music scene with her upcoming tour travelling all over the UK and performing in such popular music venues as Heaven in London and Patterns in Brighton. The EP itself maintains the same haunting tone throughout all four songs, yet that's not to say the songs are similar in any way, in fact they are all quite different from each other.

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Pixx begins her EP with the eponymous tune Fall In setting the tone for the chilled-futuristic-four-song adventure that you are about to embark on. Whilst the lyrics that state "we fall in and out and in and out" linger in your ears the next song fills you with an awkward displacement, but only in the best way possible; where you feel as though you are "weary and waiting" much like the song A Way To Say Goodbye claims.The shortest and most different song, Flee, follows and seems to stick out in between two very electronically driven songs, however, it's fair to say the almost classical interruption seems to express that this girl is versatile af and hats off to her. The fourth and final song Deplore seems to end on what we came here for and apparently it shows "from our head down to our toes".

Having seen her live, in the weirdest and most intimate space in the depths of Dalston (more to come), it's safe to say Pixx is as magical live as the EP promises. Her upcoming tour, mentioned above, still has tickets and the EP is available now, like right now, so get both here: Pixxmusic (you won't be disappointed).