It’s 3 p.m. on a Wednesday, and I’m smashing shit with Lambrini Ladies.

Singer and guitarist Phoebe Lunny lets out a guttural scream as she snaps a vase in two with a hammer. In the meantime, bassist Lilly Macieira goes at a TV that simply gained’t crack with an axe. We’re at Smash It Rage Rooms in Southeast London, certainly one of few such institutions within the metropolis, with the plan to checklist grievances concerning the music trade — one thing the Brighton-bred punk duo typically do of their songs, on social media and at gigs — whereas, effectively, smashing shit. However with heavy-duty protecting gear masking our mouths and Limp Bizkit blaring within the background, it’s just about amounting to muffled yells.

Nonetheless, we’re having a grand outdated time. At one level, Lunny and I tee up for a kind of beer-bottle baseball: They pitch a glass at me and I shatter it into 100 items with my weapon of alternative. A couple of minutes later, we lastly break by way of the stiff TV and depart what appears like a pixelated bloodstain on its display screen. However finally, red-faced and drained, we resolve to exit the destruction — solely to seek out we nonetheless have 10 minutes left in our half-hour slot. Seems, being filled with rage is exhausting.

Lambrini Ladies know a factor or two about that, having made their identify within the U.Ok. music scene with fast-paced, considerably abrasive punk songs tackling a wide range of points, from misogyny to TERFs to homophobia. Raucous dwell exhibits, led by Lunny’s in-your-face efficiency fashion, have led to the band touring for the higher a part of 2024, together with stints within the U.S. and pageant slots at Glastonbury and Iceland Airwaves.

Throughout our first interview in October 2023 after the discharge of Lambrini Ladies’ debut EP, “You’re Welcome,” I bear in mind Lunny saying that she extremely doubted they might ever play with a band like Idles, whose type of post-Brexit punk put renewed power behind the style and has resulted in 5 Grammy nominations. However in November, they had been Idles’ direct assist for 2 sold-out exhibits at London’s famed, 10,000-cap Alexandra Palace.

“We genuinely didn’t assume we’d play with them,” Lunny says as we reward ourselves with pints of Stella on the nearest pub, which is so native it appears like we’re interrupting one thing as we step inside. Although the primary present opening for Idles was a bit gradual shifting, by the second evening “one thing simply fucking switched.”

“We walked on stage at 7 p.m. and all the venue from the get-go was fucking packed,” Lunny says proudly. “And everybody was like, let’s fucking go loopy.”

It’s these high-energy exhibits, full with loads of moshing and on-stage antics, which have made Lambrini Ladies a band to observe. However the robust word-of-mouth and fixed touring made crafting the band’s debut album an intimidating activity.

“With out flattering ourselves, I feel we’re identified extra for our dwell exhibits than we’re for our data — up till now,” Macieira says.

Lambrini Ladies hope that modifications with “Who Let the Canines Out,” launched on Friday by way of Metropolis Slang Information, a sleekly-produced firestorm of an album encapsulating their signature mixture of political musings and offbeat humor. Take its identify, for instance. It could possibly be learn into as a commentary on misogyny or, as Lunny jests, “a metaphor for late-stage capitalism,” however it’s actually simply an inside joke about Baha Males’s 2000 hit that went too far. “We thought it was fucking hilarious,” Macieira laughs.

The 11-track report was written in Oxford throughout two quick breaks from touring, and being up in opposition to the clock helped the band uncover that they work method higher below stress. “Folks say you will have your entire life to jot down your debut album, however that wasn’t the case with us,” Macieira says. “We had been like, ‘OK, we simply gotta do that. No matter comes out is what comes out.’”

“Who Let the Canines Out” begins with a bang because of “Unhealthy Apple,” a siren-laden tirade on police corruption and brutality backed by an unforgiving breakbeat. Lunny had been attempting to synthesize their ideas on the subject into track because the homicide of Sarah Everard by a Metropolitan Police officer in March 2021, however it saved popping out “fucking crap.”

“I used to be looking for a method to make an umbrella critique on the entire policing system, but additionally not in a method which was insensitive, and highlighted completely different points,” Lunny says, noting that she’s “conscious it’s very simple being a blonde white girly to be like, ‘Police are dangerous!’”

She continues, “I’m coming from a giant place of privilege to critique the police ultimately and never really feel fucking shit scared about it. I do know individuals from the police who’re good individuals, however the reality is the system is corrupt and it may be utilized in any method to make it possible for issues like sexual assault and homicide are completely brushed below the rug.”

Regardless of its critical begin, “Who Let the Canines Out” quickly ventures into the foolish with “No Homo,” a monitor subverting the dated time period that’s certain to get crowds going. “I like your face and it’s in a homosexual method,” Lunny sings over a guitar line. “I promise no homo!” Although it’s meant to be a light-hearted romp, Lunny acknowledges that all of it comes again to the “self-deprecation that comes with internalized homophobia.”

“There’s a lot guilt and disgrace nonetheless for therefore many queer individuals, even if you happen to’ve surrounded your self in queer communities, like that doesn’t go away,” Lunny says. “For those who do like somebody and also you’re undecided in the event that they such as you, you’ll be able to at all times be like ‘I’m simply gonna joke it off,’ though you’re form of taking the piss out of your self.”

However the mid-section of the album sees Lambrini Ladies tackle considerably uncharted territory: getting private. “Nothing Tastes as Good as It Feels” pulls from each Lunny and Macieira’s experiences with consuming problems, with the title paraphrasing Kate Moss’ notorious 2009 quote — “As my head hits the rim of the bathroom lid/ Kate Moss offers no fucks that my interval has stopped/ I want I used to be skinny however I’ll by no means be sufficient,” Lunny sings.

“Magnificence beliefs and norms simply completely destroy your fucking thoughts,” she says. “That genuinely has had such a dangerous influence on my life. I do know I slag off Kat Moss within the track, however she was as a lot a sufferer of it as anybody else, particularly within the ’90s. She was fucking destroyed by the wonder and vogue trade.”

By addressing the subject in a “brazen method,” they hope that the track might help begin genuine discussions between associates and on-line, particularly because the “heroin stylish” look continues to achieve reputation on social media platforms like TikTok. “I simply hope it makes individuals really feel much less ashamed or embarrassed,” Lunny says. “As a result of I really feel ashamed and embarrassed of my very own stuff, and I at all times will even singing about it. However I simply hope that it helps individuals really feel much less alone.”

One other track near Lambrini Ladies’ collective coronary heart is “Particular, Completely different,” which particulars, as Macieira places it, “the unusual, contradicting duality of being neurodiverse.”

“There’s lots of power in neurodiversity and there’s lots of uniqueness. And people strengths are celebrated once they’re helpful, however then the difficulties are shamed,” Macieira says, including that it’s their favourite monitor on the report. “I feel that track sums that up actually viscerally and I discover that very shifting.” 

Lunny says it was “cathartic” to jot down from their very own expertise “going by way of the tutorial system and simply feeling actually fucking silly.” However she’s nonetheless battling the thought of letting the skin world into her head by way of lyricism.

“I fucking hate doing that,” Lunny admits. “It’s gotta be achieved and it’s good, as a result of I do need to have the ability to write stuff that’s relatable to different individuals. However singing about issues from a private perspective is quite a bit more durable. Pointing the finger at your self is quite a bit more durable than it’s pointing it at everybody else.”

Fortunately, earlier than issues get too critical, the album closes with a track titled “Cuntology 101.” Impressively reciting “cunt” 26 occasions in simply over two minutes, it’s an train in reclaiming a once-nasty phrase that has now reentered the zeitgeist in a extra constructive kind.

“All the pieces we write is so fucking offended on a regular basis. I needed to jot down one thing that’s celebratory about simply being a messy bitch and loving your self,” Lunny says, including: “Individuals are afraid as a result of it gained’t get performed on the fucking radio. Like, generally you’ve simply gotta take a bullet.”

As Lambrini Ladies put together to return on tour this spring, together with a headlining present at London’s Electrical Brixton and one other run within the U.S., “Cuntology 101” is one they’re wanting ahead to listening to crowds chant alongside to.

“I discover it so superb when individuals sing alongside to our songs, and actually it doesn’t occur that a lot in any respect,” Maceiera says. “I did have a second watching Idles after we had been supporting them and simply seeing everyone within the crowd singing the lyrics, arms within the air and I used to be like, ‘I would like that.’ I’d adore it if individuals related to our music and listened to our music sufficient to need to scream the phrases again at us.”