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Kicking off 2025 as they mean to go, Manchester punks Loose Articles are delighted to reveal their new single ‘Guitars, Cars, Knickers and Bras’ which is set for release on 14th January 2025.
The track is the latest to be taken from the band’s long-awaited 2024 debut album, Scream If You Wanna Go Faster, released last year via Alcopop! Records.
Commenting on the track, the band say: “Skimmed off the top of shallow chitchat—‘I only watch blokes play guitar, women in knickers and bras’, over and over, and over—‘Guitars, Cars, Knickers and Bras’ was plucked from a workplace conversation about women in music, scrawled across the pages of the ‘Workplace Misogyny Diary’. The track points to the collective issue of not being taken seriously as a female musician, which is something we as a band have all experienced: ‘Are they your dad's records?’, ‘Is that your boyfriend’s guitar?’, ‘You're pretty good, for a girl’. Disillusioned sexism channeled into an anthemic sardonic chant; Guitars, Cars, Knickers and Bras, all the essentials.”
Alongside the single, the band are delighted to reveal BBC Radio 6 Music DJ Emily Pilbeam as special ambassador for their Arts Council England-funded Kick Like A Girl Extra Time! touring project for 2025.
Commenting on the news, Emily Pilbeam says: "It's such an honour to be invited by Loose Articles to be their Ambassador for their upcoming Kick Like A Girl: Extra Time tour. I've been an admirer of Loose Articles for a long time and I remember being so inspired by what they did with Kick Like A Girl in 2023, so to be a part of it this year feels extra special. There are so many barriers for women getting into the music industry so to be part of something that (pardon the pun) is trying to kick those barriers down, is incredibly empowering."
Running throughout Jan/Feb/Mar 2025 across grassroots venues in the north of England, tickets are on sale now - see below for listings.
Recently winning themselves coveted, high profile support slots with the likes of New Order, Foo Fighters, The Lovely Eggs, and Gang of Four, the quartet are proudly presenting an alternative touring model with their own run of headline dates early this year.
Giving inclusive, intimate access and entry-level insights into the music industry, whilst supporting grassroots venues and northern creatives, the band invite you to join them on their musical journey. They will be sharing the secrets of what it’s really like to be in their shoes, and a part of the Loose Articles touring team, which includes female booking agents, crew, promoter, and management.
Although tickets will be available to all-comers for the shows, the KLAG project is aimed at primarily engaging young women and non-binary people from marginalised backgrounds and groups who typically aren't represented in the music industry. The band will illuminate the pathways into the often male-dominated music scene with community outreach locally via local community groups in each town including Lancashire Music Hub, Sound Waves Cumbria, More Music Morecambe and local Library Services.
Commenting on the project, the band say: “This is the second Kick Like a Girl tour and from the reaction we had during and following the last one, we feel more than ever the importance as a band to be doing tours like this. We feel passionately about making changes in the music industry to address inequality. We want to create a shift away in the industry we operate in from being white male dominated.”
“Across all the job roles that exist—from being in a band to being a sound tech, promoter, manager etc—we want to encourage young women and non-binary people to get involved and feel like they can succeed in this line of work. As a band our song topics touch on gender roles and overcoming the struggles of being a gender minority in a male dominated industry, so why not actually practice what we preach about in our songs and really try to make a difference? We want all of the gigs we play to be a safe space for all regardless of gender identity. Everyone is invited to get involved with the party!”
Part of the funding from Arts Council England will also be used to subsidise overheads for the venues— all of which are independent, often overlooked on the mainstream touring circuits, and providing a vital service to their communities—meaning ticket prices can be kept low and accessible.
If you are a woman or non-binary person, come along to shadow both the band and crew at soundcheck, and ask as many questions as you like afterwards. Your name will be added to the band’s VIP LAFC club, and you and a guardian/friend will be placed on a special VIP guest list that night for the show.
These special VIP tickets are free and available on a first come, first served basis.
Participants will continue to be part of the band’s music industry journey with early invites to tours, the opportunity to join a gig buddy scheme, attendance at special events, and they’ll signpost you to music industry opportunities that are happening locally.
In support of the project, Loose Articles will be expanding LAFC via Discord—an inclusive fan club with exclusive merch, big days out, and a way for an expanding network of fans to get involved with the band.
The ‘Kick Like A Girl Extra Time!’ tour comes just before the band embark on a summer 2025 festival programme both in the UK and abroad.
Get down to a show and join the LAFC of strong, like-minded, music-obsessed people!
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