Alcopop! Records has set a release date of Oct. 27 for Blouse Club, the upcoming debut from queerpunk group Problem Patterns, along with a new double single: "Lesbo 3000 / Poverty Tourist." Watch a video for "Lesbo 3000" below, a song penned by drummer Bethany Crooks, who offers:
“Lesbo 3000" was written partly out of frustration and also to reclaim and have ownership over my sexuality. The frustration is that lesbianism is consistently invalidated, we’re told that we just haven’t ‘met the right man’ yet or that some random man in a bar has a magic appendage in his trousers that will completely negate your attraction to women. The reality is that homophobic attacks are becoming more and more consistent with right wing social media emboldening bigots, while ‘lesbian’ remains one of the top search topics on all porn websites. (Mostly) men think that lesbians exist for their sexual gratification, but if they see two women holding hands they go absolutely berserk.
I also thought it was important to reclaim the slur ‘dyke’. I’ve been called a dyke multiple times by homophobes who want to hurt me, but if I can reclaim that word it completely takes the power out of it. Yes I am a dyke. And that feels really powerful to say.
The band contrasts the serious message while showing their silly side.
Live Dates:
17.11.23 - London, Sebright Arms
Blouse Club tracklist:
1. Y.A.W
2. Big Shouty
3. Advertising Services
4. A History of Bad Men Part II
5. Lesbo 3000
6. Pity Bra
7. Who Do We Not Save
8. Poverty Tourist
9. Letter of Resignation
10. Picture of Health
11. TERFs Out
12. Domestic Bliss
