London-based progressive power-punk trio Alien Chicks will probably fail every drug test, given the amount of energy and anger they crammed into their Toys Taken At Birth EP. They take a swing at right-wings nutjobs (Madmen), nearly lose it during a walk down in the street being overwhelmed by all the slogans and ads they see along the way (>Now I'm Big) and deconstruct Missy Elliot's Get Ur Freak On and turn into a slamdance anthem.
It all comes to a peak during the hectic 5/4, a clash between hardcore and - wait for it - Teddy Bears' Picnic, a classic two-step that has become a perennial children's classic. That is what this band is all about: going through anything that tickles their fancy, throw it in a blender with some extra spices to create a whirlwind of music.
Toys Taken At Birth is released via Alcopop! Records.
Tracks:- Madmen
- Now I'm Big
- 5/4
- I Killed Uncle Ben
- Get Ur Freak On
- 10/04 Jacaranda, Liverpool, UK
- 10/05 Banquet Records, Kingston, UK
- 10/06 Truck, Oxford, UK
- 10/07 Rough Trade, Bristol, UK
- 10/16 Supersonic, Paris, France
- 10/17 Simplon, Groningen, Netherlands
- 10/19 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 10/20 Glocksee, Hannover, Germany
- 10/21 Molotow, Hamburg, Germany
- 10/22 Rust, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 10/24 Volksbad, Flensburg, Germany
- 10/30 Sala Maravillas, Madrid, Spain
- 11/06 Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 01/09 Rockaway Beach, Bognor Regis, UK
- 02/15 Kult 41, Bonn, Germany
- 02/16 Schon Schoen, Mainz, Germany
- 02/17 Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany
- 02/18 NBL, Leipzig ,Germany
- 02/19 Aaltra, Chemnitz, Germany
- 02/24 Louisiana, Bristol, UK
- 02/25 The Prince Albert, Brighton, UK
- 02/26 The Lexington, London, UK
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