Razor-sharp indie rockers Speedy Ortiz put out one of my favorites EPs in 2014, Real Hair. Now they’re gearing up to release their second full-length album, Foil Deer (April 21st). The riffs on first-listen “Raising the Skate” are tight and the cutting message is sound (“That’s cause I’m the boss, caller of the shots”), which is something singer Sadie Dupuis elaborated on in an interview with Fader.
“It’s crazy frustrating seeing women and girls, myself included, put in positions in which they have to shirk credit for their talent or otherwise risk getting dissed as overbearing and bitchy,” she told FADER in an email. “Being ‘the bigger person’ and letting others’ petulant behavior slide doesn’t always make you feel big. Sometimes you have to respect yourself by telling a toxic hanger-on to get lost.” (Via)
Listen below.
