Muncie Girls - Locked up

(photo by Gingerdope)

  Forming in 2010 and hailing from Essex, Muncie Girls are a female fronted 3 piece featuring Lande Hekt (vocals, bass, rhythm guitar), Dean McMullen (lead guitar) and Luke Ellis (drums). They recently released their second album, Fixed Ideals, on Specialist Subject Records (also : Buzz Records (US), Lost Boy Records (Aus) and Waterslide Records (Japan) ). You can find it along with debut album From Caplan To Belsize and a bunch of singles here :                         https://munciegirls.bandcamp.com/                                                                           

               In support of the album they'll be spending most of the remainder of 2018 touring the UK, Europe and North America and you can find details here : https://www.munciegirls.co.uk/tour 

Like Colour Me Wednesday's Counting Pennies In The Afterlife, Fixed Ideals is proof that well written, tuneful indie/pop punk is still being released by UK bands in 2018. The lyrics are political (without ramming the politics down your throat) and personal though the music is often bright and breezy despite the subject matter of the songs. I think there's been 3 official videos released so far, Picture of Health and Clinic are two whilst this was the middle one. As played by Ade Bailey yesterday on his Revolution Rock show https://www.mixcloud.com/ade-bailey/revolution-rock-4-sept-2018/   this is Locked Up. The folk in Ade's chatroom were very appreciative, I'm sure you will be too                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Debit cards and overdrafts.

Valentines day and push-up bras. 

                         Under pressure, glamourise self-harm.
                      Mass consumption from the factory farms.
                             Wedding rings and mothers in law.
                                 T.V. adverts promoting war.
                                         Victim blaming.
                                          Slut shaming.
                       Fear inflating lies of mass invasion!
                    We’ve got the cell and we’ve got the key.                                               Everyone’s locked up so get locked up
                                                with me.
When I was a kid, I used to play in the fountain. Now you’re not cool if you’re not
calorie counting. Anyway you feel, there’s a pill to fight that but be careful ‘cause it costs each time you come back.
Are you sure you’re okay? You seem so tired and down. You need a holiday! To forget this town!

ATOL-protected, jab-injected. Family arguments to be expected.
Over-too-soon, you danced under the moon (could’ve done that at home but you’re never in the mood). 

Back to normal and life continues… I can’t be the only one to see the ghost in the room!