Sound of the Suburbs mag Feb 2012: Cover and interview!

The Sounds of the Suburbs
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The magazine of Recharged Radio in association with The Perfect Pop Co-op

EP Review

A new EP review for you from eyeplug.net. Loving this one!


50 Ft Woman – ‘Menage à Trois’
(EP, own label)

Debut EP from a London quintet who emerge with a well-released image and sound. Fittingly, Menage à Trois features three tracks, with opener ‘Psychic Hygiene’ providing an introduction to the group’s twisted bump’n’grind, lyrical dexterity and sassy soloing.

‘(Strictly) Only Swinging’ offers a salacious peek behind suburban lace curtains which builds to a churning sonic froth of desire.

As guitars Buzzcock and front (50ft) woman Minki’s vulnerable diction evoke Deborah Harry, ‘You’re In Love With Love (But You Ain’t In Love With Me)’ coalesces as a Blondie-esque slice of bittersweet angst. 

Read it here

NEXT GIG: 20/08/11 HEADLINE - Blue Cat,Stockport

50ft Woman headline the Saturday night at the Blue Cat Cafe in Stockport

It's one of our rare trips up North (soon to be rectified if we have our way!) so come on down!

Fun and sun and Formula One

read Minki's full blog about the 50ft Woman visit to the Marussa Virgin Racing weekend

(Strictly) Only Swinging in at No 6 in the Unsigned chart!

(Strictly) Only Swinging is now up to  #6 in the Music Unleashed Unsigned Chart. Get your free limited edition download of the exclusive stereo widened mix and get us in Top 3! 

Get it here: http://www.tourdates.co.uk/50ftwoman

Tell your friends, and get them to tell their friends, their milkman, his auntie, her cousins etc etc. It would be interesting to see how long the chain lasts before Granny turns to you and says, 'ooh have you downloaded that 50ft Woman free track yet'.

Tweet us if it happens :) http://twitter.com/50ftwoman

(Strictly) Only Swinging in at #12 in the Unsigned Chart.

(Strictly) Only Swinging in at #12 in the Unsigned Chart. Get your free limited edition download of the exclusive stereo widened mix and get us in Top 10! Http://www.tourdates.co.uk/50ftwoman

Happy Anti-Valentine's Day

Nobody can say we don't enter into the spirit of things .. but never being one to conform, we have decided to release a special xxx-clusive mix of (Strictly) Only Swinging, just in time for Valentine's Day. You will need damn good speakers or headphones to listen to it, a special stereo widened mix that will blow your socks/stockings off. Lovingly crafted by our very own Recharged Radio head honcho Jordan Thomas, we simply had to share it.

And what better present for anti-valentine than a song about naughty goings on in the suburbs .. enjoy .. and come back and let us know what you think!

Grab it now while you can (oo-er missus) http://www.tourdates.co.uk/50ft-woman

Minki x

PS if you are not a member of Tourdates, you WILL need to sign up, BUT it's worth it for LOTS of free new up and coming music, and also an in on the chat on Recharged Radio! Bonus all round!

50ft Woman on Chris Saunders show on Radio Verulam

50ft Woman on Chris Saunders show on Radio Verulam 7-8pm GMT tonight. Listen on 92.6 FM or go to http://bit.ly/dFF6oH to Listen Live.

Acoustic session and some tracks from the EP!

CAMFM acoustic session and interview!

CAMFM acoustic session and interview from Sunday's show 30th January - listen now http://www.camfm.co.uk/player/player.php?epid=641 from 9 mins in onwards!

Review, Interview and Photos from the EP Launch - Wohomusic.net

Review, Interview and Photos by Fliss Williams 

4th November 2010 – Bedroom Bar, London

Having picked one of the coolest band names to date in the moniker ‘50ft Woman’ to say I was expecting big things from this larger than life band is no understatement. So when travelling to the trendy Bedroom Bar on Thursday night for the launch of the 50ft Woman’s new EP ‘Menage a Trois’ I was looking forward to being part of something very exciting indeed.


Read the rest here ...

EP Launch Photos and Mugshots up now!

For those of you who couldn't make it, or have been away on planet Zarg, we decided to celebrate our EP release (Ménage á Trois) with a special party at the Bedroom bar in Shoreditch. A capacity crowd celebrated with us and our special guests THE SCRATCH, with delightful performances from our Burlesque Beauties, MS BEA DEVILE and MS HARLOT DEVILLE A great time was had by all, with cakes, sweets, goody bags and prizes for best shoes; everyone went home happy!

We also decided to capture the night and pay homage to our EP cover mugshots by asking our guests to make their own mugshots; you can see the best ones HERE.

And so, after a teensy revamp we now have fantastic live shots from the EP launch at the Bedroom Bar, HERE, plus new pin up gallery and some more additions to our other galleries too, with more to come next week!

There is also a review from Rumbles and Grumbles here.

EP Review - Gobshout.com 8/10

Highlight from the new review:

A band with such a strong visual brand really needs strong music behind them to distance themselves from being just a gimmick. Fortunately, 50ft Woman are no such gimmick. Reminiscent of Garbage at their finest, with hints of Blondie, The Ramones, and The New York Dolls, it’s a combination that just can’t fail. With only three songs on their Ménage a Trois EP, it leaves you crying out for more.

You really DO want to read the rest, we are really rather chuffed!

See it in all its glory here.

Live Review - EP Launch Party!

Rumbles and Grumbles' Simon came along to our party and behold, reviewed said bash too ...

"So to mix the live review and the EP together - imagine the good bits from Sleeper, Garbage and Elastica with a bit more attitude, and taller and you wouldn't be a million miles away from them.
I think you could use the NSFW tag for many of their lyrics, but they are delivered in such a way that you find yourself singing along and then suddenly realising what you are mouthing."

Read the rest of the rather marvellous review here

Ménage á Trois EP Stockists - Digital, Mail Order and Physical

Haven't got it yet? Why not ...?

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Physical (Mail Order)


Piccadilly Records
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/50ftWoman-MenageATroisEP-50ftWoman-72912.html
Crash Records
http://crashrecords.co.uk/online/product.php?xProd=9910&jssCart=1deabfac2ac37c1d1e1ec81498f9543b


Physical (Record Shop)

Piccadilly Records (Manchester)
www.piccadillyrecords.com
53 Oldham St, Manchester -
Telephone:+44 161 834 8789

Jumbo (Leeds)5/6 St.Johns centre
Leeds
LS2 8LQ
Telephone:01132455570

Crash (Leeds)
35 The Headrow Leeds, LS1 6PU, United Kingdom
Telephone:+44 113 243 6743

Spillers (Cardiff)www.spillersrecords.com
36 The Hayes
Cardiff, CF10 1AJ, United Kingdom
Telephone:+44 29 2022 4905

RPM (Newcastle)
25 High Bridge
Newcaslte
NE1 1EW

Reflex CD(Newcastle)
23 Nun Street Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5AG.
Telephone: 0191

Please let us know what you think - and if you download - please leave a review or share the link! Thanks to everyone!

EP Reviews - A bumper pack!!!

We have a marvellous collection of reviews for you this morning ... the morning of the RELEASE of the EP - woohoo! Here are some snippets - to read the full review click on the links!

Firstly we feature in Singles Of The Week on IndieLondon (bottom of the page)

"If anything, it has an early Garbage quality and is pretty darn catchy, with some similarly well delivered lyrics. A mixed bag then… but one that’s certainly worth further investigation." Read Full Review

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 Music-News.com

"And, initially 50ft Woman could easily be classed as B movie kitsch, as they are fronted by Minki ‘a 6ft diva’ with a passion for very high heels. In photos and on stage that’s fine but with only a plastic disc to go on we need more. Luckily there is some real substance here. [Minki has] a fine voice that ranges from sleazy backstreet slut mode to god fearing nun. In fact the whole band’s performance is solid. " Read Full Review

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Live Music Scene

"50ft Woman are creating a sound which is full of energy and charisma, making this collection of songs an organic and original, an experience which is bound to make them truly stand out from their peers. It is difficult to sum up 50ft Woman in a short, snappy sentence, but one thing I have noticed is how much the band grows on you with every listen. Each time you listen back you will begin to notice the impressive guitar work or a good lyric, and that makes this band instantly memorable. The EP is definitely worth a listen and hopefully we will be hearing more from these guys soon." Read Full Review

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ComfortComes.com

"This London based, lurid life exposing London based quintet show here that they possess variety and some needed mystery. This should afford them the chance to make it out of the capital and into the public domain." Read Full Review

EP Review - AllGigs.co.uk

5/5

Minki, the lead singer with London-based 50ft Woman, may not quite reach the lofty heights of the band's name (she's still 6 of your earth feet tall) but she and the 4 other members deliver a colossal musical treat with this new EP.

All 3 tracks are spiked with punk pop UNsensibilities and laced with sly lyrics and choruses as catchy as a cold (oh come on I haven't used that one for ages). They've been likened to Blondie and The New York Dolls and whilst I don't disagree with that comparison I hear much more 'Englishness' about them.

Based on this release I look forward to a full album's worth from them and seeing them live....if they can find a venue big enough.
Adrian Phillips


http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/review/5205/Menage_A_Trois_50ft_Woman_EP_Review.html

Ep Review - Xpression FM at Exeter Uni

50ft Woman – ‘Ménage à Trois’

Imagine bottling and combining the attitude of ‘Never Mind the Bollocks’, the eccentricity of ‘Different Class’ and the quintessential Britishness from ‘Up the Bracket’ and you’ll have a starting point on how describe ‘Ménage à Trois’. The whole record is a delight, both catchy and inappropriate in equal measure. ‘Ménage à Trois’ is unlikely to find its way onto Granny’s Christmas list this year, but it is a triumph all the same.

Just what I needed to cheer me up this Monday morning!

New Reviews.co.uk - Interview

I forgot to post this one :) Tut Tut

New interview by Suzie Kidger up on New Reviews.co.uk

http://www.new-reviews.co.uk/50ftwomaninterview.htm

Enjoy!

Noisenoisenoise.co.uk - EP Review

Attack of the 50ft Woman
By: Dan Lucas



London-based post-punk-pop-rock neophytes 50ft Woman are set to release their EP, the intriguingly titled Ménage á Trois, on November 1st. Appropriately the title is as simultaneously enticing and yet opaque as the name of the band itself, suggesting unknown pleasures lie within whilst offering no obvious clue as to what they might be.

Indeed the 50ft Woman’s entire raison d’être seems to be to mislead and create an aura of intrigue. Neither the band’s press release nor website contains anything remotely resembling a biography - the latter proffers a band history but instead submits only a synopsis to Alice in Wonderland. It’s an apposite fairytale: one which, much like the names of the band and their releases, is filled with lucid imagery, suggesting much but ultimately, probably not saying anything. The band profiles are equally opaque. There is no real suggestion of what each band member actually plays, but instead a vaguely indicative title to accompany their first name: Adie the Maestro, Paul the Technician, Minki the Diva, Cormac the Timelord and Matt the, er, Pedant.

All of this seems to augment lead singer Minki’s apparent sense that their music should be fun and enjoyable in a live setting, rather than noodling and introspective. 50ft Woman claim to be influenced by both AC/DC and Adam Ant, but to listen to their music this appears to be another piece of misdirection: the vocalist’s self-professed predilection for outlandish costumes and her fetish for high heels may be a factor in this, but both live and on record she comes across as the missing link between Blondie’s Debbie Harry and Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ front woman Karen O.

50ft Woman are certainly keen to create an immersive experience for their fans. They are keen on the concept of themed gigs, “where everybody will dress up and wear something outrageous and make the effort”, whilst they also encourage fans to send in collages and PhotoShopped images for display on their website. Their music too is very much created to be enjoyed in a live setting. It’s a bit silly, thematically concerned with goldfish and Soho, train spotters and swingers, and it sounds as big, loud and bombastic as the band’s aesthetic, designed to fuel an energetic crowd.

However as one would expect from an EP named Ménage á Trois containing songs such as(Strictly) Only Swinging and You’re in Love with Love (But You Ain’t in Love with Me) the relationship that they develop with their listeners is likely to be more one-night stand than epic cinematic romance. Consisting of just three tracks and clocking in at a fraction over eleven minutes long, the band gatecrashes your iPod, loudly hurls around a few likeable hooks and leaves a catchy chorus ringing in your ears before making its excuses and leaving as abruptly as it arrived.

50ft Woman sets out to be “a superhero character with a superhero soundtrack.” They are indeed a blockbuster comic book movie of a band: energetic and eclectic, outrageous and yet unknown. They set out to create a big sound with an even bigger presence, a sonic Jerry Bruckheimer action picture, and on the evidence of this EP then it’s a case of mission accomplished.

Review link

Ravenheart Music - EP Review

50ft WOMAN..'Ménage á Trois' EP

(Independent Release) Reviewed 22nd September 2010

50ft Woman is a female fronted London based band, fronted by the 6ft Diva who goes by the name of Minki. 'Ménage á Trois' is kinda rock/punk/pop, and with Minki's fetish for high heels, their live shows never fail to delight, where the punters are in-fact encouraged to dress up and wear something outrageous. First track out '(Strictly) Only Swinging' is an awesome little number, and an interesting title as well I hasten to add. 'Psycic Hygiene' carries along the momentum, while the catchy closer 'You're In Love With Love (But You Ain't In Love With Me)' ends this little offering. Think Aerosmith, The Bangles, Debbie Harry, The Ramones and The New York Dolls, and that may give you a rough idea where this band is coming from. Check them out at http://www.50ftwoman.com. This ain't bad, not bad at all. 7.5/10 (Reviewed by Dave)

Review link (4th review down)