Frauhaus! by Wetdog, released 16 February 2022.
This version of Frauhaus! comes as a 1xCD. -
2009 sophomore release from the female Post Post-Punk trio. After the release of 2008's Enterprise Reversal, Wetdog quickly set about writing tracks for Frauhaus! The first single 'Lower Leg' features just drums, bass, tambourine and vocals, and inhabits the skin of a classic Rough Trade seven inch single of yesteryear: effortless style, catchy tune, and dance floor-friendly Pop gone wrong. It's their most accessible recording to date. The band have an affinity with Welsh genius, counting Datblygu and Euros Childs amongst their influences (there are hints of the pastoral in the melodies) but they are oft compared to Post-Punk artists like the Slits. The three members of Wetdog agree on one thing: hard and sparse music contrasting with vocal harmonies. 14 tracks. Angular.
On the surface, Frauhaus could have been released anytime in the last 30 years. The fragmented songs recall all sorts of learn-as-you go rock. It?s th...
Rebecca Raber - 15/Feb/2010
The aughts sadly weren't a great decade for women in rock. In the 1990s, women from Riot Grrrl to PJ Harvey made joyously raw, aggressive, and polemic...
Max Burke - 09/Feb/2010
Released late last year in the U.K. on respected boutique label Angular (The Long Blondes and These New Puritans) and making its way to the U.S. via w...
Jordan Redmond - 08/Feb/2010
Frauhaus! is like an itch you don't want to scratch. For the album's bite-sized 30-minute duration, London-based trio Wetdog jabs, plods, and stammers...
Jennifer Kelly - 13/Jan/2010
A spiky sketch of bass calls, a trio of female voicesresponds in tear-dropped shaped exclamations of "oh-oh." Girlish sweetnessfights it out with asce...
Louise Brailey - 06/Dec/2009
God bless Angular Records - the south London label that gave us The Long Blondes and These New Puritans are still putting out wiry post-punk records w...