On April 28th, peach|melba will release Worst Trimester, a song first featured on the iconic queer Netflix minidoc Sperm Donors Wanted.
With blistering lyrics delivered at a rapped pace, the riot grrrl duo explore the gender politics of pregnancy, in their trademark style of both members singing every word together over minimalist bass guitar and driving drums reminiscent of Beastie Boys and Lambrini Girls.
The LA / UK indie punk duo peach|melba write, record and mix everything themselves and say they “swear on your mother’s life to release a new song every six weeks until world peace has been fully achieved.”
The band told us via email that the band actually formed because of the previously-mentioned documentary, which they were asked to do the music for.
“I had a heap of punk songs i’d written over the years that never fit any project and so I hired a friend of mine to help and this became the band which is now releasing songs every six weeks. I’ve been in several bands and it’s always had political messages and this one is no different. Actually I think this one is more stark than any of the other bands I’ve written for because the format is so direct for this band and the music is by far the most simple I’ve ever made.”
“Really one of the key roles my music has always played is alienating people that I dont want to spend time with and getting people into a room that I do want to spend time with. This is super political because I am trying to create space both physically and mentally that people can inhabit where they can speak about their dreams. And since we are living in a world that is mostly a few rich people’s imagination, this act is political as fuck.”
Follow peach|melba on Instagram and to catch their regular song releases, at least until the world is bit better of a place.
Worst Trimester by peach|melba
