Not so long ago, and not for the first time I got quite excited about WENCH! when they made the journey to York and performed an absolutely killer set.
Well, now the feisty riot grrrl punks have joined forces with electro party punk Jodie Langford to produce this stomping new single ‘You’ve Got Male!’ – a playful tune that mocks the stupid things heard coming out of men’s mouths when talking about women – and the single’s a taste of what’s to come from the upcoming album collaboration, released by the Hull based Warren Youth Project’s label Warren Records.
Recorded at The Warren’s in-house studio & produced by local indie maestro Adam Pattrick, ‘You’ve Got Male!’ is about misogynistic mole-rats who hold women at an unattainably high standard due to their perception of femininity being affected by unrealistic media imagery.
Excited to try out new ways of working, Jodie says “it’s not often I want to collaborate, so to get the opportunity to spend time in the studio with WENCH!, a band whose message & ethos I strongly agree with, was a real treat! I’ve gotten used to working with a producer of late, so it was eye-opening to see how a band form their ideas & structure a song” – as for WENCH!: “We loved working with Jodie as it’s not every day you get the opportunity to work with the queen of poetic party punk! She’s the perfect person for us to work with as we all fit together so well, like an unconventional punk family!”
Jodie Langford is well established on Hull’s local music scene & in recent years has become a festival showstopper, dominating stages across the UK with her unique blend of spoken word / electro party punk & visceral vocal deliveries – to boot, WENCH! are a powerful all-female, all-queer punk trio fuelled by female rage who’ve already made a strong impact on their local scene since forming in 2023! Both Jodie & WENCH! have individually performed at Reading & Leeds as well as other festivals across the UK in recent years.
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