M(H)AOL
Attachment Styles (Tulle Collective)
“How can you believe me when even Carrie Bradshaw says that being bi is a stop on the way to Gay Town” says M(h)aol vocalist Róisín Nic Ghearailt over dark crackles and resonating bowed strings: this song, the spoken-led Bisexual Anxiety on debut album Attachment Styles, depicting the tug-of-war of sexual identity and social connection with injections of empathy and humour.
Irish postpunk five-piece M(h)aol (pronounced “male”) harvest more than one rotting root on their debut album Attachment Styles, whether it might be sexual assault, male violence or identity judgement, they do so via a deliberate recording process owed to guitarist Jamie Hyland, focusing on the live sound of one room, Róisín’s expressive delivery and the gritty, unpretty interplay of guitars. While also being politically on the pulse, Attachment Styles is a vulnerable, unposed and accessible account of feminism and queer consciousness.
words EMMA WAY
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