Yuav ua li cas Feminism Qhia Raincoats Co-Founder Gina Birch Thawj Solo LP

Cov lus qub "zoo dua lig dua tsis tau" tuaj yeem siv tau rau bassist-singer-artist-filmmaker Gina Birch. Plaub caug-tsib xyoo tom qab co-founding lub seminal British poj niam punk pawg Raincoats, Birch yog thaum kawg tso nws solo debut album. Kuv Ua Si Kuv Bass nrov. Sab nraum lub rooj sib tham Raincoats thiab nws txoj haujlwm sib koom ua ke tau ntau xyoo, Birch tau tsom mus rau kev pleev xim; nws artworks tau nthuav tawm xyoo tas los hauv London. Tab sis raws li nws hloov tawm, suab paj nruag yeej tsis nyob deb ntawm nws radar.

Nws hais tias, "Ib txhia ntawm cov nkauj uas nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv no yog cov nkauj uas kuv tau pib ntev dhau los," thiab kuv tau txais ntau ntau ntawm lawv. Yog li kuv ib txwm sau lossis pleev xim lossis ua yeeb yaj kiab. Yog tias kuv tsis ua ib yam dab tsi, kuv tsis muaj. Kuv yuav tsum tau ua haujlwm rau qee yam. "

Teem sijhawm tso tawm rau hnub Friday no los ntawm Thib Peb Txiv Neej Cov Ntaub Ntawv, Birch cov nkauj tshiab tuaj yeem suav tias yog qhov txuas ntxiv ntawm Raincoats 'kev thuam thuam thiab feminist-minded indie pob zeb. Cov suab paj nruag ntawm nws cov ntaub ntawv, uas tau tsim los ntawm Killing Joke's Youth, mines xws li punk, dub, sim, hluav taws xob thiab txawm tias '60s hluas nkauj pawg pop. Txawm li cas los xij, Kuv Ua Si Kuv Bass nrovLub sonic ntau haiv neeg tsis txhob txwm tshaj tawm, raws li Birch, tab sis qhov tshwm sim ntawm lub suab uas nws nyiam thaum lub sijhawm.

"Kuv xav nrog txhua yam kuv ua, Kuv nyiam tsis txhob censor kuv tus kheej. Yog li ntawd, yog hais tias ib tug neeg hais tias, 'Huag zoo, uas tsis yog tiag tiag haum, muaj ntiv tes clicks los yog ib tug hluas nkauj pab pawg neeg suab nyob rau ntawd.' Kuv zoo li, 'Kuv nyiam nws.' Los yog 'Koj ua dab tsi nrog Auto-Tune? Peb tsis xav tias suab zoo.' Kuv hais tias, 'Kuv tsis quav ntsej. Kuv nyiam nws.' Kuv xav tias muaj kev sib koom ua ke rau cov ntaub ntawv txawm hais tias nws muaj ntau haiv neeg. Kuv nug tus kws tshaj lij suab paj nruag, 'Yuav ua li cas yog album no?' Thiab nws hais tias, 'Nws yog Gina Birch album.'

Ib txoj xov thoob plaws Kuv Ua Si Kuv Bass nrov yog Birch lub introspective tsis tau rousing lyrics zoo li tus poj niam thiab empowerment, raws li pom tseeb nyob rau hauv lub anthemic khiav "Feminist Song" ("Thaum koj nug kuv yog tias kuv yog feminist / Kuv hais rau ntuj txiag teb tsaus tsis muaj hwj chim," mus rau lyric). Birch piav qhia tias "Nws tseem ceeb heev uas cov poj niam tau sawv cev rau qee txoj hauv kev," Birch piav qhia. “Qee lub sij hawm lawv feisty. Tsis yog txhua tus poj niam yuav pom zoo nrog tag nrho kuv cov lus lossis nqe lus, tab sis tsis yog txhua tus txiv neej yuav pom zoo nrog txhua tus txiv neej cov lus lossis kab lus. Yog li kuv sawv cev rau kuv tus kheej qhov kev xav lossis kev paub. "

Zaj nkauj hu ua hypnotic, electronic-influenced song "Kuv Yuav Tsis Hnav Stilettos" tuaj yeem txhais tau tias tus neeg piav qhia hais tias nws muaj kev ywj pheej los ntawm kev tawm tsam zej zog cov kev xav ua ntej txog txoj kev poj niam yuav tsum tshwm sim. Birch hais tias: “Nws zoo nkaus li rau kuv tias muaj qee yam nyuaj lossis tsis muaj hwj chim qee yam uas yuav tsum tau teeter rau ntawm cov pob txha nyias no. Thiab qhov ntawd zoo li qhov txawv txav - tias cov poj niam tej zaum yuav tsis zoo rau qee txoj hauv kev. Yog lawm, koj tuaj yeem hais tias lawv [stilettos] tuaj yeem yog riam phom. Lawv tuaj yeem ua tau ntxim hlub. Kuv xav tias yog tias koj tau txais cov ceg zoo li tus, stilettos tuaj yeem ua rau ceg zoo nkauj. Thiab kuv tsis tawm tsam lawv, per se. Nws tsuas yog tias kuv yuav tsis hnav lawv.

“Thaum koj yog kuv lub hnub nyoog, muaj qee yam. Nws zoo li, 'Vim li cas koj cov plaub hau zoo li ntawd?' 'Koj puas tau xav txog hnav cov khau no? Vim li cas koj hnav cov khau loj clunky?' Koj muaj lub sijhawm ntawm kev tawm tsam thiab kev tawm tsam. Lawv yog hom kev ntxeev siab me me piv nrog Pussy Riot, piv txwv li. Tab sis lawv yog kuv tus kheej ntxeev siab tawm tsam cov kab lig kev cai uas yeej niam ntawm cov neeg ntawm kuv tiam neeg yuav nyiam rau peb. Lawv xav kom peb muaj femininity ntau dua li lawv to taub femininity. Yog li nws txhais tau tias tus poj niam tshiab lossis poj niam tshiab. "

Hais txog Lavxias teb sab feminist music collective, Pussy Riot kuj yog lub npe thiab cov ntsiab lus ntawm lwm txoj kev tawm ntawm lub tshiab album. Birch hais tias "Muaj ntau tus poj niam nyob rau hauv qhov xwm txheej nyuaj heev," Birch hais. “Thiab lawv tau txiav txim siab tawm tsam. Nrog Pussy Riot, lawv lub siab tawv tsis ntseeg. Kuv cov kev ntxeev siab me me zoo li ntxim nyiam los ntawm kev sib piv. Kuv xav hais tias kuv ua siab loj los ntawm lawv, tab sis kuv tsis xav tias kuv muaj lawv lub siab tawv. "

Thawj zaug tso tawm ua ntej ntawm album, lub suab nrov nrov "Xav Kuv Yog Koj," muaj qhov tshwm sim los ntawm Sonic Youth guitarist Thurston Moore (nws cov vis dis aus tau hais los ntawm Birch tus ntxhais Honey). Ua ntej kev sau nkauj nrog Cov Hluas, Birch tau tsis khoom nrog kev pleev xim thiab ua haujlwm ntawm ib leeg rau Tus Txiv Neej Thib Peb.

"[Kuv niam tus npawg] hais tias, 'Txhua yam mus zoo rau koj. Zoo li koj zoo li raug tsa thiab nqa nrog.' Yog li kuv tau sau qhov no hais txog yuav ua li cas koj muaj lub sijhawm hauv lub neej uas koj ntes nthwv dej…Thiab tom qab ntawd thaum kawg—Kuv tau nyeem phau ntawv no txog Francis Bacon, tus neeg pleev kob. Nws hais rau nws cov phooj ywg hais tias, 'Cia li ua kom txhua tus ci ntsa iab. Peb txhua tus yuav tsum ua tau zoo li peb ua tau.' Kuv xav tias yog kuv yuav loj kuv tus kheej, cia peb ci ntsa iab. Yog li kuv muab tso rau hauv. Thiab ib txoj hauv kev, kuv nyiam lub tswv yim ntawm tib neeg txhua tus hu nkauj, 'Cia li ua tau zoo! Cia peb ua neeg zoo!' Cov nkauj ntawm qhov ntawd tuaj rau hauv txoj kev khib, tiag tiag. "

Cov suab paj nruag zoo li lub npe dub yog qhov tshwj xeeb tsis yog qhov uas nws muaj Birch thiab plaub tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag (Helen McCookerybook, Emily Elhaj, Shanne Bradley thiab Jane Perry Woodgate) txhua tus ua si bass thaj tsam. Cov nkauj tshaj tawm pib nrog McCookerybook phau ntawv Cov Poj Niam Poob Pob Zeb rau qhov uas tus sau xam phaj cov poj niam uas coj ib qho cuab yeej thaum lub sij hawm punk. Nws ua rau muaj kev txaus siab rau ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab thiab McCookerybook tau caw Birch, uas tau ua ib qho documentary txog Raincoats, los koom tes nrog nws.

"Peb xav tias peb yuav ua ob peb zaj nkauj thiab sim thiab tau txais nyiaj txiag [rau qhov project]," Birch hais. "Yog li kuv tau txais ob peb tus poj niam tuaj thiab ua si bass thaj tsam ntawm txoj kab no los sim thiab tau txais nyiaj txiag. Kuv xav tias peb muag li ob. (laughs) Peb tsis tau zoo heev ntawm kev lag luam peb tus kheej. Thiab yog li kuv tau ua haujlwm nrog qhov ntawd thiab thawb nws ntxiv…Kuv muaj lub tsev no thiab muaj lub qhov rais loj. Kuv xav txog kev ua si bass thaj tsam ntawd, qhib lub qhov rais, thiab qw rau ntawm txoj kev. Yog li kuv pib sau cov nkauj no. "

Ua kom tiav cov suab paj nruag yog album daim duab npog nrog Birch's 2018 autobiographical painting "Kev Kho Siab," tau tshoov siab los ntawm lub sijhawm thaum nws tsiv mus rau hauv ib lub squat hauv London's Westbourne Grove qee zaum hauv xyoo 1970s. “Thaum koj tsiv los ntawm ib lub xeev mus rau ib lub nroog loj, muaj ib hom kev vibe sib txawv. Cov neeg zoo li muaj ntau yam ntse hauv London thiab muaj ntau txoj hauv kev txog lawv. Kuv tuaj ntawm ib tsev neeg qis-nrab-kawg hauv Midlands. Dheev kuv nyob London. Nws yog qhov ci ntsa iab, tab sis kuv yuav tsum nrhiav kuv txhais taw. Thiab kuv muaj ob chav nyob saum lub tsev no, tsuas yog dej txias xwb. Lub plaster tau poob ntawm phab ntsa. Kuv muaj ib lub dab dej me me thiab ob lub nplhaib rau hauv pem teb ua noj. Nws yog ob qho tib si tej yam yees siv thiab txaus ntshai.

“Nyob hauv tsev kawm ntawv kos duab, Kuv nrhiav tau Super 8 zaj duab xis thaum [tus thawj coj ua yeeb yaj kiab] Derek Jarman tau tuaj rau kuv lub tsev kawm ntawv qib siab thiab qhia nws txoj haujlwm. Kuv ua ib lub tswv yim, uas yog qw rau lub sij hawm ntawm peb-feeb cartridge. Yog li ntawd kuv thiaj muab ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm qhov ntawd—'arrrrgh!' Nws yog ib qho kev quaj ntawm lub siab, thiab kuv hu nws tias "Kev nyob ib leeg." Cov neeg zoo li hais txog qhov ntawd rau lub album. Kuv tsis paub yog tias kuv xaiv nws lossis nws xaiv kuv lossis lwm tus xaiv nws. Kuv tsis paub tseeb tias nws tshwm sim li cas. Nws tsuas yog txuas nws tus kheej mus rau album. "

Birch thawj cov ntaub ntawv solo tuaj txog 45 xyoo tom qab tsim cov Raincoats, cov pab pawg uas nws koom nrog tus hu nkauj thiab guitarist Ana da Silva, hauv London. Ib qho ntawm thawj tus poj niam British punk ua, Raincoats tso tawm lawv tus kheej lub npe album hauv 1979, uas tam sim no suav tias yog classic. ("Cov pab pawg tau teeb pom kev rau npe tshiab, thiab qhov kev xav tshiab uas yog tus poj niam defiantly," sau Vivienne Goldman hauv nws phau ntawv 2019 Kua zaub ntsuab ntawm She-Punks). Tau ntau xyoo lawm, Raincoats tau raug saib xyuas los ntawm cov tiam tom ntej ntawm rockers zoo li Nirvana's Kurt Cobain, Sonic Youth's Kim gordon thiab Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, leej twg pom Raincoats tshoov siab mus tawm tsam lub rooj sib txoos suab paj nruag.

Txawm hais tias lawv tau sib sau ua ke ob peb zaug hauv lub xyoo rau kev ua yeeb yam tshwj xeeb, Raincoats tau so me ntsis; Lawv lub suab nkauj kawg tau tawm hauv xyoo 1996. "Ana yeej tsis xav ua suab paj nruag tshiab li Raincoats," hais Birch. "Qee zaus raws li Raincoats, peb ua si "Pussy Riot." Peb qee zaus ua si "Feminist Song" tej zaum me ntsis ntxiv, thiab "Tsis Hlub." Kuv tsis tuaj yeem dais tsuas yog ua cov nkauj qub qub dhau los. Kuv ib txwm sau ntawv. Thiab yog li ntawd thaum lub sijhawm los ua qhov no [cov ntaub ntawv tshiab], nws tsis nyuaj. Qhov tsuas yog cov nkauj xaiv. Thiab kuv muaj ntau zaj nkauj. "

Thaum kawg, kev kos duab zoo nkauj thiab suab paj nruag sib npaug sib npaug rau Birch, leej twg yuav ua concerts hauv UK thiab Ireland thaum pom cov hnub tuaj yeem rau Asmeskas "Kuv hlub lawv ob qho tib si," nws piav qhia txog ob qhov nruab nrab. "Kuv tau poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog kev pleev xim thiab kuv tau tso tseg tsis ua suab paj nruag. Tab sis tom qab ntawd thaum Dave Buick los ntawm Tus Txiv Neej Thib Peb tau hais txog kev ua "Feminist Song" [raws li ib leeg], kuv paub tias qhov kev lom zem npaum li cas. Tej zaum nws yuav tshwm sim rau koj thaum ib yam dab tsi koj nyiam thiab lwm yam yuav siv sij hawm. Tom qab ntawd koj rov tshawb pom qhov qub. Koj zoo li, 'Wow, Kuv tau ua qhov ntawd ntev heev thiab kuv hlub nws.' Nkawd ob leeg zoo heev. Kuv tsis paub dab tsi yuav yeej tawm thaum kawg. Tej zaum raws li kuv tus neeg laus txoj hauj lwm, tej zaum nws yuav yog painting. Tab sis thaum kuv tseem hluas, haum thiab muaj peev xwm, kuv yuav ua suab paj nruag. Nws yog qhov ua tau zoo. "