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“when I hear it, and when I play it, as a chubby and balding 43 year old punk weirdo, I FEEL ENERGIZED.” –King Tuff

“satirical, confessional snapshots of Gen-Z girlhood” –Record of the Day

“This clip marks a new beginning for us. These past months have been marked by a real search for identity, and ‘Lipstick Doll’ is the first act of it. A lot of things were locked up until now. With ‘Lipstick Doll,’ we’re letting certain things out, and it’s not going to please everyone, but it’s us!” –Lina Benabdesslem, translated from French

“not just music, it’s a pulse & a portal” –Bandcamp

“All that I could reflect on was grief and hope; death and life; cause and effect; shared experiences of being a human person.” –Robin Wattie

“The video structures an emotional narrative centered on the search for connection, delineating a new humanity freed from original paradigms, evoking a transformation necessary for the evolution of a human model now in collapse.” –Paolo Sanna / Anima Mundi

“The strange energy of the pit sparks curiosity and sucks people in from the sidelines. It is a hazardous punch in the face of a surprised bystander.” –Fonal Records

“It’s a constant, revving build-up of tension, like an agitated, mental state that allows for no comfort or resolution.” –Kitty A. Austen

“a space of quiet resistance” –Season 2

“I think the biggest thing is not trying to be perfect.” –Emily Wolfe

“New Muscles is the band’s pre-fight chant, a ritual of conquest, defeat and ultimately survival.” –HOH

“The song was meant to show just how selfish humanity is.” –Ronnie James Dio

“designed as a kind of invocation to bring forth the stubbornly elusive spirits of hope and solidarity.” –Aidan Moffat

“Creating drum parts, bass lines and sequences that coexist tightly, loop around and morph as the song goes on. How tightly wound those parts intertwine and loop together connects to how tightly wound life can be and how we’re constantly running in these little circles.” –Maryam Qudus

“Don’t ever, ever give up on a song. I released this single independently [...] I made a new TikTok to promote it. Half a million views in one week on one video. Over 12,000 new followers in a week. Not a single dollar spent.” –KELS

“For this one, I turned off my filter and just let it all happen.” –Isaac Brock

“‘Cut Back,’ a track which nearly didn’t make the album, is an anthemic piledriver...” –Kerrang!