Peace, I'm A Girl

In the past year, Peace have had it a tad bit tricky. After starting writing immediately after In Love (2012) it seemed that the Birmingham band famed for their sun kissed songs would be releasing their new album just 12 months after their debut. But due to the record labels pushing back and back, the highly anticipated Happy People will now be coming out on the 9th February. So for Peace fans up and down the country have been treated to various songs and singles from the vastly different LP.

First we had the pop fused anti-capitalist banger of Money:

And then the brutally upbeat Lost On Me:

The West End Girls influenced World Pleasure:

Now as the album looms just weeks away, the band have released yet another song. It's called I'm A Girl and it's safe to say that it is pretty impressive. It sees the band go in a direction musically that we have never heard from the usually upbeat songs of In Love. It is brutal and violent in it's production and delivery, borderline Blink 182 with rageful guitar solos. But what is the real talking point of this song is it's lyrics.

The very first line strikes real imagination The creators of man were calm, kind and nice. But nature demands that we fuck, eat and fight. This violent juxtaposition really embodies the vibe of the song. Harrison Koisser croons and then screams. The unhinged attack on gender roles and society's obsession with masculinity isn't just meaningful, it also sounds brilliant.

The personal aspect of this song does root in the nature of what Peace do as a band. From the get go they set themselves out as entirely alternative to the masculine stereotypes of indie, dressing in furs and singing about being in desperately in love. It was a breath of fresh air. I'm A Girl is a massive up yours to masculinity, If we live in a man's world. I'm A girl.

Personally, this song really incorporates everything I love about music. It's fun, violent and thought provoking. I do completely empathise with the entire ethos of the song swell. Too many times I've felt emasculated  by the fact that I don't see spend my nights trying to get laid or enjoy playing xbox every night. So a song, and band that actually say that they're glad to not be a 'bloke' speaks massively to me.

Plus the video is the bees knees...