Reunited for 2000's
Ladies, Women, and Girls
,
Bratmobile
returns with a new collection of songs to raise the consciousness and spirits of the nation's concert-going populace. Their
surf
-guitar leads and crisp
punk rock
beats are as strong as ever, but on this album they've chosen to augment the sound with keyboards and the occasional bass guitar. Singer
Allison Wolfe
chants and rants about oppression to women in the world of
rock & roll
and American society, but also takes time out to tackle America in the
George W. Bush
era in
"Shop for America"
and the notion of American hegemony in
"United We Don't,"
proving that the band won't just be pegged as a band for grrls. ~ Kevin S. Hoskins