Big Mouth from Cut & Stitch by Petrol Girls

Pretty much what it says on the tin in V1. I recently wrote my thesis on Voice, so its a distillation of some of the ideas in that, and is especially influenced by an interview I did with Screaming Toenail vocalist / artist, Jacob V Joyce. Jacob also contributed to the chorus lyrics for this song.

The song connects to The Sound, but focusses in on voice, as a sound that comes directly from our bodies, as an expression of self. There is a lot of politics around who is heard and what that means; and many marginalised groups are only tolerated when they are quiet, and are otherwise silenced. I think this is really obvious in the backlash against survivors and their allies who have spoken up against abusers.

The X-Ray Spex sample for me totally distills a pervading attitude towards women in patriarchal culture (which is breaking) and how punk and being loud resists this: “Some people think little girls should be seen and not heard, but I think… up yours! 1,2,3,4!”

Whilst speaking from my experience as a woman, I’m trying to draw links with voices and bodies that are marginalised for different reasons to build solidarity and volume as resistance.

Raging Feminist Post Hardcore from the UK and Austria.

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