Fea - Fea (2016) [FLAC] {Blackheart Records 48337 69502}
Release Info:
RLSDATE: 2026/08/02 RTLDATE: 2016/07/15
GENRE: Punk Rock SiZE: 294 MB
SOURCE: CD RUNTiME: 37:23
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RELEASE: Blackheart Records 48337 69502
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PunkNews (dot) org adds. . .
With Sleater Kinney reunited and Kathleen Hannah fronting yet another
band again, I think it's high time that riot grrrl made a comeback in a
big way. That's not to say that there hasn't been any feminism in punk
since the riot grrrl movement started to fade away in the late 90's,
but even though riot grrrl was generally very loosely defined as simply
"feminist punk," other recent feminist punk bands - most notably War on
Women whose self-titled debut exploded onto the scene last year - don't
have a sound that brings to mind the 90's riot grrrl bands, and thus
the words "riot grrrl" end up being left out of conversations about
them. But Fea is the first new artist in a while that brings to mind
the classic riot grrrl style. Fea's self-titled debut is old-fashioned
90's style pop-punk, but not a style of pop-punk that tries too hard to
create big, bouncy hooks. Rather it's an understated pop style that
feels comfortable and satisfied with its own subtlety. Fea adds in a
touch of rockabilly, surf, and even a bit of country twang here and
there to create a unique sound and switch freely between English and
Spanish, creating an intersectional feminism that engages with race in
just as daring a fashion as it does gender.
This album first came across my radar because of the fact that it was
produced, at least in part, by Laura Jane Grace, one of my punk rock
heroes, and I trusted that if she respected Fea enough to have her own
name put on the album, it must be an exceptional album, and boy was I
right! "Mujer Moderna" ("Modern Woman") is a fierce bilingual opener
where frontwoman Letty Martinez rages against rape culture. "Feminazi,"
the album's first single, is a great response to anyone who fails to
understand that "feminist" is not a synonym for "man hater," and it
demonstrates a less-is-more philosophy as the chorus is just one
line--"I am, I am a feminist"—repeated in five different languages. "No
Hablo Espanol" becomes a powerful refrain in the song of the same name
that addresses racism and whitewashing of Latinx history. "Sister K"
begins with a fun spoken word intro to setup a song about Mertinez's
experience with a nun in Catholic school when she was growing up, and
she turns the song into a larger criticism about the Catholic church
and how it treats girls, particularly girls of color. "La Llorna" ("The
Moaning") is a strange choice for an album closer as, after an album of
songs about identity politics, a song that tells a (hopefully)
fictional story about a jealous woman murdering her lover and his
mistress seems out of place. While I love that kind of darkness in
lyrics sometimes, it's a strange way to end an album that was doing
something very different with the rest of its songs.
Fea is about as strong of a debut as one could hope for, offering a
pitch perfect revival of the riot grrrl genre with a new spin for a new
generation. With the rise of "men's rights" nonsense movements and rape
apologists in seats of power, 2016 seems like the perfect time for this
sort of feminist rage to rear its head again in the punk scene, and Fea
finds a way to have a little bit of fun in the process. Fea is an album
that signals a strong future for this band, and I excitedly look
forward to what they're going to do next.
Ripper's Notes:
This band came across MY radar when Hell's Belles "Angus" Adrian Conner
joined for the band's 3rd album. Happily, they are coming to play here
in Vegas at the end of this month. You'll find me there.
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