Wild Animals - Interrupted Girl

 

  I tried my best to get a guest review for you today but I think all the people that said they would do one have been lying out in the sun topping up their tans (summer only usually lasts for a week in the UK so I can hardly blame them). This means you're stuck with me again but fear not, I've got a great song for you. It's by Wild Animals, they're from Madrid (a place where summer lasts for much longer than a week) and they're pretty damn awesome.

  An easy tag to bestow upon them is power pop but they also incorporate elements of pop punk, indie, emo, rock etc so maybe I should just describe them as a catchy as fuck trio who's members are Jamie R Green (guitar/vocals), Paula Sanchez-Lafuente (drums/vocals) and Fon Alvarez (bass). They formed in 2014 and the following year released the First Songs ep. 2016 saw the release of debut album Basements : Music To Fight Hypocrisy (excellent opening track Sleepless Sundays was the song that brought them to my attention) and now they're back with new album The Hoax. Co-released by several labels worldwide (including Lauren Records and Waterslide Records) it's also available name your price on Bandcamp : https://wildanimalsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/the-hoax  You really need to snap it up.

  The first verse of this song is a very decent opening but once Paula's vocals kick in and things go up a notch, the hairs on my arms stand up. It's that good. In fact it's a perfect summer soundtrack that those lazy sunbathers should have blasting out as they slowly cook. This is Interrupted Girl....

2005 hearing voices that screamed: 
“kid you’re looking depressed”, this one’s not about me 

It’s about a girl on the coast at the age of sixteen, 
feeling shameful and somewhat confused: 


One night after a party waiting for a cab, 
3 girls pulled up next to me I thought it was rad, 
I was supposed to get home later I don’t know how 
but we drove off nothing to lose

 

Yesterday’s fear has passed 
today’s here,
 
now I see no gender
 only joy 



After that morning the days passed quite slow 
I was hanging up posters for a shitty show 
On the street where she worked and I hung out in hope 
of seeing her sometime soon 

I had some doubts about telling my Mum 
and I found myself hiding it from my closest ones 
Even when they found out I didn’t kiss her when about
 
I was just interrupting myself 


Yesterday’s fear has passed 
today’s here,
 
now I see no gender 
only love 

Years tumble down now I shout it out loud 
There’s just one flag of which I’m proud 
They fill their mouths with “normality”, 
but I’m not sure of what that really means 
Years tumble down now I shout it out loud 

2018, I still don’t get why 
you can still be judged on who you wanna fuck

 

Yesterday’s fear has passed 
today’s here,
 
now I see no gender
 only joy
 
now I see no gender
 only love