[DID NOT ATTEND: June 4, 2022] La Femme / Cumgirl8
I heard about La Femme through the Levitation Sessions releases. I have enjoyed just about everything that Levitation has released in this series–most of it trippy psychedelia.
La Femme is a different beast though. While still trippy, the are more of a disco-based, Kraftwerk-inspired form of Parisian punk psych pop. They could be trashy psych as played by techno acts, or prickly electro as louche sophisti-noir. Whatever the case, I though they’d be fun to see live.
I found out about this show pretty late in the game and it happened to be on the same night as the Crawlers show that my daughter really wanted to go see. So I hope La Femme comes back around sooner rather than later.
Cumgirl8 sounds like the name of a band that is trying too hard. But they are getting some good review for their music.
Like this from V Magazine.
Founded on the idea of taking back control and fighting against toxicity, cumgirl8 is true adventurist-punk group. The group has received praise from the likes of Stereogum and Fader, and their latest song, “dumb bitch,” has already garnered over 15,000 listens on Spotify.
They remind me of a British 70s punk band ala The Slits (I thought they were British–they are not). The music is weird, with a pulsing bass that follows the main vocal line and jagged, echoing guitars.
Here’s an interesting factoid about the band: singer and bass player Lida Fox and guitarist Veronika Vilim are both models, as in big baller runway Marc Jacobs type shit, with drummer/synth tweaker/producer Chase Noelle having played in BOYTOY and others.
I wonder how much durability they’ll have.
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