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“Such a fantastic artist – I just love her voice” John Kennedy / Radio X
“One of the most exciting voices in the UK’s spoken-word punk scene” Green Banana
“She’s got mad potential” Laurie Vincent (Soft Play)
Alongside the release of her debut album Softly Spoken, Hull’s much-loved spoken word / party punk Jodie Langford comes with the track Bowling (Off With Her Head) for radio – a song inspired by Anne Boleyn that touches on issues of misogyny & chauvinistic attitudes.
With production duties supplied by Jodie’s musical sidekick Endoflevelbaddie, the track kicks off with a dark growling bassline before Jodie’s mob-like chant “Off with her head” creeps in & mingles with regal synth melodies to great effect. “Her beauty is useless, her fruit is so fruitless” she sings, exploring negative attitudes towards women & girls while pointing out that in opposition “His appearance is ageless, his future is fearless”. As Jodie puts it herself: “The lyric’s inspired by the intense hatred some feel towards women & how they wish to silence us, shame us, vilify us or wish us dead. It also comments on how women are often viewed as having an expiry date. Why is it that when women age, change their appearance or don’t fulfil society’s standards of beauty, they’re classed as undesirable?”
(press release, artwork & images included in MP3 download)
