When I put together the Best Of Decade episodes (33 and 34) I noted with some discomfort at the time that there weren’t quite enough women in there. So here’s a whole shoalworth of female mp3s for your listening delight.
For me the best bands have a bigger concept in which they operate. For me, anyway. This is not a view shared, for example, by my wife and eldest son. For them, the music is the music, they can’t even remember who it’s by half the time. But that’s OK. Chacun a son gout.
But, take Let’s Eat Grandma as an exemplar.
To start with, they’re from Norwich, which gives them a head start. I like Norfolk. And Alan Partridge, it goes without saying.
Then there’s the fact the two women in the band met at primary school when they were four. If you’re listening, Adrian Troughton, it’s not too late for us to form a group. In fact, we’ve probably both got a bit of time on our hands now, so if not now, when?
Their song featured here (Falling Into Me) could reasonably be described a jaunty postmodern epic, I suppose, but they self diagnose as ‘sludge pop’. The lyrics are terrific too. I pave the backstreet with the mist of my brain.
Most importantly their band name is a grammatical joke. A piece of paronomasia if you will, and since I’m in pompous mood, you will have to. Insert a comma and you’ll get the idea.
So here are some women who are going to be cracking the decade wide open! Well, some will and some won’t, but it barely matters. We’ve got these songs for now, who knows what the future will bring? Enjoy the 2020s.
Tracklist:-
Body, Julia Jacklin
Magic of Meghan, Dry Cleaning
PBNJ, Sneaks
The conservation of energy, Vanishing Twin
Cattails, Big Thief
Romance, Ex:Re
Falling into me, Let’s Eat Grandma
Heat wave, Snail Mail
Sea calls me home, Julia Holter
Moon begins, Florist
Stranger, Jess Ribeiro
Suddenly, Drugdealer and Weyes Blood