#fixed ideals

Album Review: Lande Hekt – Going To Hell

Words: Ben Forrester November 2019 saw Lande Hekt, guitarist and vocalist of Exeter formed trio Muncie Girls, step out on her own. Her debut EP ‘Gigantic Disappointment’ was the exact opposite of its title, wistfully mixing acoustically driven hooks with 80’s pop sensibilities, building on the heart on sleeve lyricisms of her bands last LP ‘Fixed Ideals’. Little did we know that at the time of…

Live Review: Muncie Girls at The Deaf Institute in Manchester 26 September 2018

(Words: Ben Forrester / Photo Credit: Martyna Wisniewska)

Despite the fact it’s fresher’s week, I enter Oxford Road with a sense of calm and head to The Deaf Instituteunscathed by youngun’s in fancy dress, clutching two litre bottles of home made shit mix. Instead, I enter the main bar section of Deaf to be greeted by a sea of post-grad punks eagerly awaiting the arrival of Exeter based punk rock…

Album Review: Fixed Ideals by @munciegirls @specialistsub

UK indie punk band Muncie Girls release their second album Fixed Ideals on 31st August via Specialist Subject. The title comes from a Sylvia Plath poem, and the line “perfume, politics and fixed ideals”, which ties in with the inspiration for the title of their first album, From Caplan To Belsize, also inspired by Sylvia Plath’s writing and was produced by Muncie Girls’ longterm collaborator…