Petrol Girls are a feminist post-hardcore band, based in South East London. Formed in 2013 for an international women's day gig, Petrol Girls continue to tour regularly around the UK and mainland Europe.

 

Their music combines manic jagged rhythms with vocals that range from furious screaming to intricate melodies and harmonies. Drawing direct influence from Refused, White Lung, Bikini Kill, Fugazi, RVIVR, Propagandhi, At The Drive-In and War On Woman, Petrol Girls have sculpted a sound and a performance that is not only explosive, but highly detailed and rawkus.

 

Petrol Girls identify explicitly as a feminist band and draw on personal experiences to challenge and ridicule sexism, as well as exploring wider political themes, such as alienation, mental health and the current anti-austerity movement.

 

Sometimes desperate and sometimes defiant, ‘Some Thing’ interrogates some big political ideas from an acutely personal perspective. Mental health and relationship issues open up into wider questions about alienation, borders, complicity and control.

 

It draws together different musical influences in a way that reflects this collision of ideas in the context of a culture that feels increasingly less human.

 

’Some Thing’ was engineered & mixed by Marta Salogni at Strongroom Studios, London, UK and mastered by Pete Maher in early 2015.

 

It was produced by Petrol Girls & Marta Salogni.

 

'Some Thing' is available on CD, 7inch Vinyl and Digital Download from the 19th February 2016.

 

Petrol Girls are:

Liepa Kuraite - Bass and Vox

Ren Aldridge - Guitar and Vox

Joe York - Guitar and Vox

Zock - Drums

 

 

Petrol Girls online:

Facebook

Bandcamp

 

 

Petrol Girls on tour:

Jan 15 - UK - London @ House Show*

Jan 16 - UK - Basingstoke @ The Irish Centre*

Jan 17 - UK - Bristol @ Roll for the Soul*

Jan 18 - UK - Cardiff @ The Full Moon*

Jan 19 - UK - Leamington @ Althorpe Studios*

Jan 20 - UK - Manchester @ Retro Bar

Jan 21 - UK - Leicester @ The Shed Basement

Jan 22 - UK - Hull @ Fruit 

Jan 23 - UK - Leeds @ Wharf Chambers 

Jan 28 - UK - Milton Keynes @ The Craufurd Arms w/ Capdown 

Jan 29 - UK - Norwich @ The Owl Sanctuary w/ Capdown

* w/ Perkie