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Honeyblood - Super Rat

I’m a Daytrotter subscriber and I came across Honeyblood's session they recorded for the studio at Good Danny's in Austin, Texas on April 25, 2014. After adding the session to my Daytrotter playlist, it only took a few seconds into Super Rat to prompt me to download the full three-song set.  For me, the songs— Super Rat, Bud, and Killer Bangs were no-brainer good sounding tunes, so I no-brained-it and immediately bought their self-titled album Honeyblood. 

Super Rat is probably my favorite track though, but I like most of the songs, a lot! The melody of Super Rat is sweet, but not sugary sweet, and also empowering.  I'm gay and I don’t apologize for fucking up most people’s perception that gay men like things a little on the sweet side, but I don’t like my chick bands to make me feel all sugary.   Honeyblood's music has that edginess to it that grabs me by the balls and makes me want to keep listening.

The music is smart, and of course it’s feminine in context, but it has this 90s indie chick band feel to it that I dig (think Liz Phair, Juliana Hatfield, Veruca Salt, That Dog, etc.).  Honeyblood hails from Glasgow and consists of Stina Tweeddale and Shona McVicar.