NEW SINGLE: ‘ BODY OF MINE’ OUT NOW
Brighton’s Lambrini Girls (Phoebe Lunny, guitar/vocals – she/they, Lilly Macieira, bass – she/they) have rapidly ascended the ranks of the UK music scene. From sharing the cover of Kerrang! with Sleater-Kinney to props from BBC Radio 1 and NME, to a nomination for Rolling Stone UK’s Rising Stars Award, and being Iggy Pop’s new favourite band.
Today they share new single ‘Body Of Mine’ ahead of a busy summer touring the US with Amy & The Sniffers, a string of festivals, their biggest headline show yet, and ending the year supporting IDLES at their sold-out London shows.
1. For someone that is yet to discover ‘Lambrini Girls and would you describe yourself.
Toilet music
2. What inspired you as an artist?
4 piece white cis straight entitled male bands doing nothing to uphold safe spaces.
3. What is your process for preparing to perform live? Do you have any Diva demands?
Give us a shot of tequila and we’re ready for anything.
4. Where do you feel you fit into the music landscape?
People label us as a 3chord riot grrl band and whilst I can understand why I don’t think our music sounds like other riot grrl bands. We do have punk elements in our music, but there’s other things going on. We’ve quite a noisy streak with poppier melodic aspects peppered throughout.
5: What are your favourite musical genres, and are there any you dislike?
Lilly : I like folk music a lot, as well as noise rock. Artists like the microphones, Jordaan Mason, Gilla band and Jesus lizard are my staples and have been since I was a teenager.
Phoebe: toilets
6. Why, where id the name come from?
Lambrini is a reasonably priced alcoholic beverage available at most newsagents. So from drinking a lot of it
7 What would you say is your greatest strength as an Artist?
Shagging
8. What would you say is your greatest weakness as an Artist?
Shagging
9. What can fans expect from your new single ‘Body Of Mine’
Shagging
10. What music artiest would you say have influenced your work?
Lilly: We take inspirations from a spectrum of artists. Lilly takes a lot of inspiration from bands like Ditz and Gilla Band in how I use my equipment creatively. A great inspiration for making music in general comes from my love for Kim Gordon and her experimental approach to music – I find that really creatively motivating.
Phoebe: Mannequin pussy are a big musical influence for me. Kae tempest is one of my favourite songwriters currently
11. Who would you most like to collaborate with artistically?
100 gecs
12. What was your worst performance?
None they are all perfect
13: What was the most difficult obstacle and how you have ever faced and how did you overcome it?
Lilly: Being boxed in as a groupie was a narrative I found super difficult to break out of mentally. Overcoming my internalised misogyny and finding likeminded talented people to play music with slowly subdued my imposter syndrome.
Phoebe: not going to jail
14: What is your creative process when making music. Do you work with others or is there just you?
We put lots of mayonnaise in the table and scream really loud until the frequencies make the table explode and then we record it
15 Where do you see your musical career in 10 years?
Headline DJ sets at Coachella with Skrillex
