RE:VULVA release their brand new single Mammoth Party. The band features Janice Burns (Janice Burns & Jon Doran) on mandolin, Holly Clarke on guitar, Cathy Geldard on fiddle and Amy Thatcher (Kathryn Tickell, The Shee) on synth and drum pad. They reclaim classic folk staples and reshape them with a bright splash of millennial pop nostalgia.
Kicking off with popping beats and ominous synths, the track bursts into a vibrant jig of joyous strings, nimble mandolin work, atmospheric guitar and sharp, dance‑ready rhythms. It’s a fun floor-filler and a ‘a pure tour de force of feminine energy.’
Here, the band try to encapsulate the sounds on the single using three other tracks…
Toria’s 50th, Kinnaris – The first tune in this track directly inspired Amy to write one for the band called Queen Bee. Musically it mimics a kind of chilled out joy that Laura Wilkie has captured in her tune. Toria’s 50th has such an openness and euphoria to it. We love the way the track folds this quick, notey melody within such a serene accompaniment.
Amy also named the tune Queen Bee in an ironic nod towards Kinnaris. For years now, all-women-bands have found it hard to carve out their place in the folk scene, and ‘the queen bee syndrome’ is yet another one of those BS patriarchal concepts invented to keep the competition arena small, stop women from standing together and achieving their worth.
Mysterious times by Sash! and Tina Cousins – This was on Amy’s Hits 99 CD. This late 90s dance era is the playground for a lot of RE:VULVA’s inspiration, particularly our latest single, Mammoth Party.
We like the challenge of trying to create a lot of this dance track energy in a live context, Amy’s only got one hand to play the drum pad though so we’re learning to get creative with it!
Elephant Sessions, What Makes You – It may not be lost on anyone, but just in case you didn’t get it, yes Mammoth Party is named after Elephant Sessions! A band we think are nailing it at fusing folk tunes with electronics.
We love this track’s effortless vibe and how it moves from sparse and punchy to full and gritty.
