Blistering, witty, searingly, angry, fast and ironic indie-glam-punk with pacy guitars and vocals in this new single aimed at annoying, judgemental, opinionated neighbours, by London trio of Jemma Freeman, Samuel Nicholson and Jason Ribeiro. Jemma explains the background of the song:
"... it's a thing of pure unadulterated fury at brexiteers, the patriarchy, antivaxers, terfs and royalists, with exasperation directed at late night online social media discourse dressed up as debate that is actually just pessimistic, shallow bigotry. Easy Peelers are a type of fruit specially bred for the skin to be easily removed. I like the symmetry of the name with the thin skinned critics of so called snow flake culture. The vitriolic delivery a testament to the unimaginable futility you can feel as just one small person in an ocean of vacuous impossibility.
"The lyrics were written by walking around and singing out loud to the instrumental track during lockdown. I'd moved from south-east London to the west London suburbs, to be near to my girlfriend at the time. Being visibly queer and autistic in an incredibly homogeneous upper middle-class environment felt totally unnatural. There is a limit to how many tuts and suspicious looks up and down one person can tolerate before either shutting down or lashing back. I'm not a violent person, my power lies within my words so belting out a volley of anarchic affirmations felt empowering. I liked the idea of being antagonistic, the antithesis of the boomer core values I felt I might drown in.”
To enjoy and explore more of their work, see also the other embedded links below as well as their Bandcamp page. Out on Trapped Animal.
Say what you want,
It’s how you’ve been brought up,
You admire your own reserve,
It’s just an opinion,
So why’s your skin so thin?
I’m just here to balance the scale,
You’re an easy peeler,
A salty deceiver,
Melting all of the snowflakes,
Can’t think of a reason,
So best get offended,
A gold medal in your sport,
Your fantastic opinions,
Spurt forth in abundance,
Saliva stains on your shirt,
Day after day,
Tiny little shocks,
To your system,
And you pray and pray,
And pray and pray they’ll stop,
It’s just an opinion,
so why’s your skin so thin?
I’m just here to balance the scale,
You’re an easy peeler,
a salty deceiver,
Melting all of the snowflakes,
Can’t think of a reason,
So best get offended,
A gold medal in your sport,
Your fantastic opinions,
Spurt forth in abundance,
Saliva stains on your shirt,
Made in England,
Made up trash,
Made up nonsense,
Made up class
Made up structure,
Made up farce
Incest culture
Crashing cars,
Deleting comments,
Filled with shame,
Retell my story,
My dead-name,
Vomit coleslaw,
Pilfering scum,
It's my opinion that you're done
Don’t have any reason,
So just get offended,
A gold medal in your sport,
Your fantastic opinions,
Spurt forth in abundance,
Saliva stains on your shirt,
Differing opinions,
That serve to shame,
Your explanations,
Just are inane,
You’re not controversial,
You’re just a c**t,
And I’m gonna eat you for lunch,
Made in England,
Made up trash,
Made up nonsense,
Made up class
Made up structure,
Made up farce
Incest culture
Crashing cars,
Deleting comments,
Filled with shame,
Retell my story,
My deadname,
Vomit coleslaw,
Pilfering scum,
It's my opinion that you're done
It’s just an opinion,
So why’s your skin so thin?
I don’t really understand,
You’re an easy peeler,
And I’m gonna peel you off,
In chunks in my hand,
Can’t think of a reason,
So just get offended,
A gold medal in your sport,
Your fantastic opinions,
Spurt forth in abundance,
Saliva stains on your shirt!
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