Down on the southern coast, a little to the right of the United Kingdom you’ll find Brighton the unofficial second capital of the UK. Brighton is home of The Palace Pier, Brighton Dome and The Royal Pavillon it has also produced such bands and artists including Fatboy Slim, Royal Blood, The Kooks, The Maccabees, Blood Red Shoes and British Sea Power to name but a few. Brighton is brimming with musical talent and in this write up the radar spotlight falls on punk-indie 3 piece Gender Roles.
At first listen of radar track ‘Hey With Two Whys’ you could have mistaken them for Fresh Legs (if you know, you know) but further down the rabbit hole the throws of crashing guitar riffs and hectic drumming a kin them to that of the early 2000 indie bands like Good Shoes, Cajun Dance Party and ‘Making Dens’ era Mystery Jets. There’s a sold out sweaty Concorde feel about ‘Hey With Two Whys’, where you could quite easily find yourself in the middle of a pushing crowd with your arms aloft, or in equal measure right in-front of Gender Roles with them thrashing about around you.
The track comes from debut EP ‘PRANG’ which is available from all good record distributers and digital platforms, and we find ‘Hey With Two Whys’ cuddled nicely at track 4 of 10 including heartbreaker opening track ‘You Look Like Death’ fast paced banger ‘Your War’ and what I only assume is a break up tune in ‘If Thats How You Want It To Be’.
Currently on a European tour, Gender Roles return to the UK in April for a country wide jaunt, what is crystal clear for Gender Roles is that mainstream radio play and recognition is imminent. They’ve gained a fan here.
