Frau (band)

Frau is an all-female hardcore feminist punk band from London.[1] Billboard magazine named them one of "20 All-Female Bands You Need To Know"; rock critic Maria Sherman compares their sound to Bikini Kill.[2] The punkzine Maximumrocknroll describes the band's highly charged and frantic sound as equal to the flippant swagger of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.[3] Ashley Holland of the band, who also plays with Personnel and Good Throb, states that Frau seldom plays with other hardcore bands because the hardcore punk scene does not take female musicians seriously.[4] In addition to Holland, the other members of the band are Colette Rosa who sings in all female punk band Woolf, Paula and Núria who also played in the Barcelona band Las Timidas. The band's sound has been noted for the use of intense distortion with powerful, forceful vocals.[5]

Recordings

Their EP, Punk is my Boyfriend was released by Static Shock Records in 2014; and Mira was released in 2015.[1][6]

See also

References
  1. Myint, Ava (August 12, 2015). "FRAU, "MIRA"". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  2. Sherman, Maria (March 6, 2015). "20 All-Female Bands You Need To Know". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  3. Layla (September 23, 2014). "Record of the Week: FRAU Punk Is My Boyfriend EP". Maximumrocknroll. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  4. Bakare, Lance (November 20, 2014). "From Bad Brains to Cerebral Ballzy: why hardcore will never die". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  5. Hanson, Carolyn (September 20, 2016). "10 Noise Bands You Need To Know Right Now". Nylon. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  6. Gibbon, Layla; Skolnik, Jes; Nelson, J.R.; Cupcake, Lorena. "The 11 Very Best Punk Songs of 2014". Pitchfork. Retrieved 18 July 2017.


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