New Orleans-based post-punk band Lawn are set to release their sophomore album Johnny on September 4th via Muscle Beach Records / Community Records.
We previously shared album cut “Nighttime Creatures” and today we share their latest single, “Jane Ryan.”
It’s another firey art-punk offering that hits with relentless energy and a unique approach that shifts from punk-leaning vocals during the chorus to a much more calming presence vocally otherwise.
Of the track, the band’s Rui DeMagalhaes offers:
Jane Ryan was the pseudonym Imelda Marcos listed in her offshore bank accounts while acting as first lady of the Philippines. I became obsessed by how much wealth she had accrued during her husband’s dictatorship and how grossly open she was about it. There’s something to be said about corruption and ego; there’s this Marie Antoinette complex that is quite fascinating to see in modern history, especially within the rise of far-right and wealth politics over the last 5 years. It’s repulsive and vile and inherently draconian.
Find “Jane Ryan” available to listen to below.
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