{"id":11645,"date":"2025-01-10T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=11645"},"modified":"2025-01-13T20:22:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T20:22:35","slug":"lambrini-girls-fulfil-early-promise-with-scorching-debut-album-who-let-the-dogs-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=11645","title":{"rendered":"Lambrini Girls fulfil early promise with scorching debut album Who Let The Dogs Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: Lambrini Girls – Who Let The Dogs Out (City Slang)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Who Let The Dogs Out<\/em> is the debut full-length by Brighton’s Lambrini Girls<\/strong> – one of the most talked-about bands to emerge from the UK punk scene in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Formed in 2019, the duo sing about societal issues, mainly those affecting women, in a manner recalling ’90s riot grrrl groups like Bikini Kill, yet in a style very much their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They have spent the last four years building up to this release, with 2023 debut EP You’re Welcome<\/em> (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>) and last year’s standalone 7in single God’s Country\/Body Of Mine<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a very modern punk album, full of anger, but don’t expect traditional verse-chorus, verse-chorus-repeat song structures here – you won’t find many.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Vocalist Phoebe Lunny is Lambrini Girls’ mouthpiece, as well as laying down shards of scuzzy guitar, while Lilly Macieira is the beating heart, with most of the songs based around her basslines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things kick off with Bad Apple<\/em>, a takedown of the police and the way they treat women. Phoebe’s anger is palpable as she spits: “Officer what seems to be the problem\/Or can we only know post mortem?”<\/em> It’s a feisty start, and it is only the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Company Culture<\/em>, the IDLES-like lead single<\/a>, is a patriarchy-basher, demanding to know why it’s still so difficult for women to get on unless they’re willing to be treated as sexual objects in the workplace. It’s dripping with sarcasm as Phoebe asks: “Harassed in the workplace\/My cold resting bitch face\/When will I learn\/That men just do it better?”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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