![]() ![]() Today, 67-year-old Birch has gone sans footwear. “At least you could run in brothel creepers!” A founder of seminal feminist punk band the Raincoats, much of her youth was spent running from undesirables – hence the no stilettos rule. We wore brothel creepers and the Teds didn’t like that – they used to chase the punks,” says Birch, laughing. “In punk, shoes seemed to be quite important. And then there’s I Will Never Wear Stilettos, an anarchic, tongue-in-cheek dub song about the virtues of comfortable footwear. There are songs raging against injustice and about proudly branding yourself a feminist. ![]() ![]() The title track is a Walk on the Wild Side-esque ode to taking up space with an instrument usually seen as auxiliary. I Play My Bass Loud, the debut solo record by film-maker, painter and punk musician Gina Birch, is an album of manifestos. ![]()
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