Petrol Girls are a "Raging Feminist Post-hardcore" 4 piece from South East London. They formed in 2013 and feature Ren Aldridge (vocals), Joe York (guitar/vocals), Liepa Kuraite (bass/vocals) and Manfred Herzog (drums).
Their first release was a s/t 3 track ep which came out a couple of years ago and they've just followed it up with the Some Things ep (this features 3 new songs plus the 3 tracks from the debut). You can check them out here : https://petrolgirls.bandcamp.com/.
Taking their name from Les Petroleuses (women from the Paris Commune who allegedly burned down much of the city in May 1871 in protest at the government, allegations that were found to have no basis, Les Petroleuses were just a convenient scapegoat) they're a band who are an outlet for vocalist Ren's "visceral and political rage."
This is the video for the lead track on the new ep, the son's called Slug and it deals with depression and the borders prohibiting the free movement of human beings....
Back into the sludge
There's less of me now
Less human somehow
Void of empathy
Void of energy
There's less of me now
Less human somehow
The air is stale and thick with sleep
Black mould rises all across the sweating walls
The borders close, defences rise
Hear no warmth in how some humans are described
These are the walls these are the words
I can see them forming blocks around my days
Go through the motion
With no emotion
Where are you now
Lost in this fear
Run to nowhere
Nothing is clear
These are the walls these are the words
I can see them forming blocks around my days
I won't fear life while I'm alive
Even as the colours melt into the grey
I've gotta go
I've got to get up and go
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