Ireland’s M(h)aol (that’s pronounced ‘male’, ‘FYI’) have shared a new single, ‘No One Ever Talks To Us’.
Taken from the band’s debut EP ‘Gender Studies’, set to drop this Friday (29th October), the track addresses the value of being in a mainly female band in a genre known for bands made up of mainly men.
Singer Róisín Nic Ghearailt explains: “’No One Ever Talks To Us’ is an amalgamation of our own personal experiences of being in a predominantly female band in a predominantly male genre, but also a synthesis of the autobiographical experiences of Carrie Brownstein, Kim Gordon, Kathleen Hanna etc, and how so often your value in this industry is based on whether the (men) around you find you attractive. I wanted the vocals to sound in parts like I was bored, which is true. We’ve been having this conversation for decades. It’s time to move it on.”
The video was made by the band’s own Zoe Greenway, inspired by a combination of Barbara Creed’s The Monstrous Feminine, Julia Kristeva’s Powers of Horror and Megan Fox in Jennifer’s Body.
M(h)aol will be playing a un of live dates this November. You can find those after the jump.
NOVEMBER
1 Rough Trade, Bristol
2 The Hug And Pint, Glasgow
3 The Talleyrand, Manchester
4 The Shacklewell Arms, London
12 The Workman’s Club, Dublin
MARCH 2022
11 Supersonic, Paris
