Today, Pixx releases a new single, ‘Bitch’ from her forthcoming album, Small Mercies (out 7 June). Swaggering and vicious, Hannah Rodgers explains the background of the song:
I wrote this song in the cellar of my flat in South London; it happened very quickly. At the time I was feeling pent up and frustrated with myself and others. I was in the middle of reading The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, finding it hard to digest and communicate. That’s why this song means a lot to me; it’s about accepting and forgiving yourself for struggling; not being too hard on yourself for getting stuck in your head, and finding the relief in waking up and getting out of your hole to show the world you’re a strong bitch.
The companion video, directed by Edie Lawrence and starring Rodgers, is gleefully childish.
Small Mercies is a series of poetic examinations of love across the experiential spectrum, from the micro (self-love) to the macro (devotional faith-inspired love, love for this planet), set to a soundtrack that mixes electronic pop and grungy guitar rock with aplomb. It follows the 23-year-old’s debut album, The Age Of Anxiety (2017) – an unsettling synth-pop record fuelled by Pixx’s own debilitating experience of angst – and 2015’s forlorn and folk-edged Fall In EP. Co-produced by Simon Byrt (who worked on both her EP and debut album) and Dan Carey, it sees Pixx assuming different personas to examine the damage done by religion, gender-based power hierarchies and stereotypes, the tipping point of Earth’s destruction and love.
Pixx
Small Mercies
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- Andean Condor
- Bitch
- Disgrace
- Small Mercies
- Peanuts Grow Underground
- Funsize
- Dirt interlude pt. 1
- Mary Magdalene
- Hysterical
- Eruption 24
- Dirt interlude pt. 2
- Duck Out
- Blowfish
Praise for The Age Of Anxiety:
“A riveting and refreshing debut.” – The Guardian *****
“One of the new voices in politically minded British pop.” – Vogue
“A genuinely smart, intriguingly playful set that both presses all the right Big Pop buttons and sounds decidedly off-centre.” – Uncut
“Brilliant, one of the year’s best debuts so far.” – The Sunday Times
“Pure 21st-century pop.” – Record Collector ****
“Dazzling and infectious.” – Loud And Quiet
“An album that perfectly contrasts light and dark.” DIY ****
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