{"id":8587,"date":"2021-11-01T15:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T14:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/?p=8587"},"modified":"2021-11-01T19:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T18:48:44","slug":"new-album-flangipanis-fuckin-woo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/addtowantlist.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/01\/new-album-flangipanis-fuckin-woo\/","title":{"rendered":"New album: Flangipanis || Fuckin’ Woo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somewhere in the middle of Perfectly Average<\/em>, the penultimate song on the new Flangipanis record Fuckin’ Woo<\/em>, Rocky Balboa shares an important lesson. One we all learnt the hard way, if not before, well than at least at some time in the past twenty months or so. “The world ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. It’s a very mean and nasty place, and I don’t care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!” You don’t need to be a fan of the Italian Stallion to feel the power of the quote. Its use is timely and a good match with the music.<\/p>\n

It is one of several highlights on the record. The songs of Flangipanis (Brisbane, Australia) on Fuckin’ Woo<\/em> are filled to the brim with ’90s melodic punk nostalgia. Some of the songs even hint upon hardcore, and there are some ska elements as well. The lyrics continually switch between being in-your-face direct, slightly uncomfortable and pretty funny. It’s singer Jodie who takes the record to another level though. In several songs, her sheer power and rock’n’roll attitude reminds me of A Giant Dog singer Sabrina Ellis.<\/p>\n

For more on the album, check out Hysteriamag’s track-by-track feature<\/a>, and have a taste of Clothes<\/em> (“a song dedicated to creeps who \u201clike women in music\u201d but actually only go to gigs to perve.”) and Perfectly Average<\/em> below. Fuckin’ Woo<\/em> is available on vinyl now at the band’s webstore.<\/p>\n