Signing to brilliant Mango Wax Records (Lando Manning, Maximilian) Daisy and The Deadheads share the new single “Baby”, along with an announcement of their three track-EP Butter Wouldn’t Melt (out June 7).
With textures stripped bare and layered atop each other, culminating in a fuzzed-out neo-psychedelia climax, this gorgeous gem explores important, urgent and often-marginalised themes of gender politics in fertility, as frontwoman Daisy Tortuga elucidates:
“The ‘Baby’ in question isn’t that of a doo-wop teenage love affair, but the original, wailing-on-all-fours variety, with lyrics delving into the profound and often unspoken struggles surrounding fertility. We’ve used a big danceable sound to transport an emotionally complex story. A vulnerable yet empowered reflection of my own experiences. ‘Baby’ is an attempt to grapple with the difficult reality of this often untold story and the roles expected of women, even today”.
Check it out below.
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