The Lambrini Girls are angry, and they think you should be too. The duo from Brighton, practically the capital of liberal activism, are hard at work marching around the country to spread the good word of feminism and human rights. Tonight, they are responsible for creating an experience not dissimilar to what I would imagine being a sardine in a tin must feel, with punk rock disciples barely pushing through the doors of the sweltering, sold-out venue.
Lambrini Girls – Loose Articles
Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – 11 April 2025
Words And Photography: Matt Pratt
The Lambrini Girls took the night by the throat with their empowered aggression and poignant back catalogue of songs. The night featured a number of tunes, old and new, each addressing their own important message in vibrant style.
Big Dick Energy, Lads Lads Lads and Boys In The Band all focused on the problematic impact of toxic male attitudes, whether they manifest as homophobia, sexism or abuse. The girls emphasised this important issue with a perspective not often spoken.
Where most would imagine the perpetrators of such crimes to be blatant deviants, the duo reminded us that it could, in fact, be those who we consider close friends casually contributing to the misery of so many.
Lambrini Girls reminded us that it is everyone’s responsibility to call out such behaviour, even in friends, and not just rebuff the hypothetical idea of it.
Their protests did not stop here. Help Me I’m Gay discusses the difficulties of not having your sexual alignment taken seriously simply because you are not the assumed state of straight. Mr Lovebomb focuses on long-term manipulation and gaslighting within a relationship, acts that often go unnoticed given how much takes place behind closed doors and the lack of the obvious signs that one may find with physical abuse.
Despite the heavy subject matter, the artists delivered heaps of fun alongside it. Lead vocalist Phoebe Lunny found the best way to personally deliver their entertainment was to take her energy to the crowd.
Early in the set, she waded into the audience with the intent to empower her queer supporters, giving them an opportunity to proudly announce that they were a legend. Towards the end of the show, she made another visit to the crowd during Craig David, foolishly sitting on the floor, which she later labelled as disgusting.
The artists did not only take aim at problematic individuals, but the systems and political decisions that breed them. Lambrini Girls were unwavering in their support for the people of Palestine and calling out the governments of the Western world for not taking the action needed to stop the conflict in the Middle East.
They also attacked the abuse of power within the systems that are designed to protect us, with Bad Apple focusing on corruption within Police forces and the use of excessive force.
The band closed out their show with a highlight from their new album Who Let The Dogs Out, which was released in January this year, with Cuntology 101. In the upbeat, electronic song, they take back the agency of their actions and refuse to be defined by the sexist labels so commonly thrust upon them for any behaviour that displeases conservative patriarchal ideals.
The Lambrini Girls exhibit a punk rock identity seldom found these days and sit alongside the likes of Sleaford Mods, Idles and Kneecap as one of the true faces of non-conformity.
So long as there is inequality in society, you expect this band will continue to stand on the front line of the opposing force.
Whilst we dream of a world where the aggression of Lambrini Girls would not be needed, we should be thankful they are speaking out alongside us.
Loose Articles
Following the mould of tonight’s headliners, Loose Articles are another feminine outfit with plenty to say. Following some early technical difficulties, the fitting support band took us on a stroll through their catalogue of moody, grungy, punk rock.
Loose Articles also matched their tourmates in their eagerness to take to the crowd as they encouraged the first limbo I have ever seen at a concert, two of the band members holding the microphone wire taut as the crows shuffled beneath it.
The band has seen their share of adversity recently. Early in the set they sought help from within the crowd as their van was in need of some repair work.
MetalTalk hope that despite the misfortune, the band were able to enjoy a small moment of joy that they created within the room as they earned plenty of new supporters.
