Tongue Trap - Girl Crush EP
- Written by Marky Edison
Girl Crush is the debut EP from Riot Grrrls, Tongue Trap. The power trio are graduates of Edinburgh’s Girls Rock School. They have recently signed to Edinburgh indie label Morningside Young Team and are as raw as a hipster’s lunch. They’re reminiscent of Tacocat, Lunachicks and L7, with the rousing, unpolished style of Black Flag.
According to Urban Dictionary, a tongue trap is “A vagina particularly suited for cunnilingus” and, in keeping with that theme, the opening track ‘Taco Tuesday’ is an ode to oral sex.
Humorously tongue-in-cheek and sexually frank, it’s a wonderfully shambolic and joyous celebration.
The shouty, singalong tunes continue with ‘Period Pants’. It starts with a gentle swaying guitar line and ramps up into a punk romp. Originally written as a protest song about the Tampon Tax, the chorus of “Our wombs are free/from bureaucratic misogyny” and gang chant of “I’ve got my period pants” address everyday feminist issues and patriarchal disdain with a neatly balanced combination of anger and humour.
‘Celery’ is a quiet/loud tune in the tradition of Nirvana. The infectious melodies of the verses and the momentum of the “Don’t give up” chorus overcome it’s loose and unrefined execution. The EP loses some of that momentum with ‘Breath’ but the track does point in other musical directions proving that Tongue Trap are more than one-trick-ponies. Girl Crush is messy, forthright and fun; everything you would want a debut EP to be.
The Girl Crush EP is available from the band's bandcamp page here.