Sløtface – Try Not to Freak Out

Heavily influenced by the riot grrrl movement, Sløtface’s lyrics have a pretty obvious feminist slant. All their songs are written from a female perspective and many address issues that affect women, despite frontwoman Haley Shea being the only female in the band. 

On album opener Magazine, the band challenge modern-day body image ideals and beauty standards for women, asking 'what the hell is an 'it girl' anyway?' and reminding us that 'Patti Smith would never put up with this shit.'

Not all the songs are political though; many of them revolve around the mundanity of being young and not knowing where your life is going. On Galaxies, Shea sings 'All we ever seem to talk about is puking our guts out,' and on Pitted, about being 'Dressed in black / Bitching on a kitchen counter in the corner with my girls,' at a party she didn’t even really want to go to.

Sløtface’s songs reach out to a disenfranchised youth, much like the pop-punk bands that dominated the airwaves in the late 90s and early 00s did. Although the band members may be too young to remember that time, they are doing a good job of making those who can nostalgic for it. 

Listen to: Magazine, Pitted