Typical Girls: Women in Punk/Post-Punk/Underground Music (Circa 1975-1980s)

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http://www.spinner.com/2009/04/28/the-slits-return-with-first-new-album-in-nearly-30-years/

The Slits, one of the first British female punk bands from the
'70s, just recorded a brand new album -- their first full-
length studio effort in almost 30 years. Due out possibly this
summer, the new record, tentatively titled 'Trapped Animal,'
is on the heels of a reunion from a few years ago that
featured original singer Ari Up and longtime bassist Tessa
Pollitt.

"We've always wanted to do an album," Up tells Spinner. "We
just never had a chance to. Apparently we're still a
revolution and we're still a threat to society. So now we got
the album finally, which we've been wanting to do for a long
time, but we didn't have the money to do it. We got signed to
a record deal [with Narnack Records], and that's why we did
the album."

Up says the new record is a continuation of the original
Slits, whose sound was both punk and dub. "It sticks to the
roots of what we are," she says, "but it's surprisingly very
modern and very new. Which is no surprise to me because I'm
aware that we're modern. It's very futuristic but it's also
got the roots of what we started."

Songs that will be on the new album include 'Peer Pressure'
(about feeling like an outcast in school), 'Issues' (which
tackles the subject of abuse), 'Pay Rent' and 'Trapped
Animal.' "That song is so great," says Up about the last
track. "It's so Slits-y and so crazy. The song is about humans
being trapped."

The new album may come out in the summer, depending on whether
it will be distributed in Europe or the U.S. first. In Up's
opinion, the Slits seem to identify more with America than
England these days because of the riot grrrl movement. "It
created a mythology about the Slits," she says. "We became
legendary."




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