{"id":13340,"date":"2026-02-14T17:22:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T17:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13340"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:25:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:25:01","slug":"diy-punk-supergroup-yakkie-get-their-feminist-message-across-loud-and-clear-on-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipamusic.co.uk\/?p=13340","title":{"rendered":"DIY punk supergroup YAKKIE get their feminist message across loud and clear on debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ALBUM REVIEW: YAKKIE – Kill The Cop Inside Your Head (self-released)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

YAKKIE<\/strong> are a London-based DIY punk ‘supergroup’ who formed a couple of years ago and Kill The Cop Inside Your Head<\/em> is their debut album.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They’re led by veteran feminist activist Janey Starling, founding frontwoman of Dream Nails, who took a break from music to focus on full-time anti-prisons work but is now back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s joined by Robin Gatt (previously of Personal Best \/Petrol Girls), on guitar, Laura Ankles ( Colour Me Wednesday) on bass and Maeve Westall (Jasmine.4.T\/Itoldyouiwouldeatyou) on drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The album was recorded on reel-to-reel tape in four days, with every track done live in one take, and it’s a rollercoaster of powerful takedowns, motivational messages, feminist fury and softer moments.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Feminist DIY punk supergroup YAKKIE. Pic by Jessie Morgan.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

It kicks off with the angular title track and lead single, Kill The Cop Inside Your Head<\/em>. A rousing rallying cry, it’s not a direct call to action against the forces of law and order, but, says Starling, “a song against self-defeat”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Criticise Me<\/em> is a poppier song about emotional abuse which could be from Dream Nails’ sassy first album (reviewed here<\/a><\/strong>), followed by “anti-fuckboy anthem” He Sleeps Alone<\/em>. Also released as a single, it takes down the sort of alpha males who judge success by their body image, wealth, power and trophy wives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lean Out<\/em> is a more reflective song about women’s role in society as carers, whether it’s as wives\/partners and mothers or looking after someone’s else’s family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a complete change of pace with Atlas<\/em>, which starts as a gentle acoustic song about falling out of love with someone. It’s turned on its head two-thirds of the way through, ending as a grungy melange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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