DOWNGIRL // Bare Their Teeth On New Single ‘2006’

We ask you, who’s done more for our country? Our politicians or DOWNGIRL, who’ve today, unleashed their latest punk punch in the teeth, 2006? 

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The third single from the Gadigal-based band may very well be the best thing to come out of Aus politics (yes, even better than a democracy sausage). It’s everything you’d expect from Oz punk. It’s rough around the edges, full of thick, in-your-face instrumentals, and lyrically scathing.

The band’s Skarlett Saramore explained what influenced the track in a statement: “‘Where the bloody hell are you?’ was a Tourism Australia slogan used in 2006. We are exploiting the use of this slogan to reinforce the importance of recognising what land we still stand on. 2006 takes aim at the politicians and people benefiting off the colonisation of Australia, including the injustices committed by the system that continues to negatively affect the lives of our Indigenous and First Nations people.”

The track is accompanied by an equally fiery music video, which also highlights the dumb and dumber leaders of the nation. It sees the band cause total chaos at the pub, tackle kids in the park and make a whole-ass mess, all while donning clothes best suited for the halls of Parliament House.

“It is a parody of greatest proportions, a farcical comedy”, adds Saramore, “injecting humour into the seriousness of the subject matter, which is not only representative of the ‘Australian larrikin’ character but a mirror being held up for all.”

DOWNGIRL stepped on the scene last year with the instant fem-punk classic, Beauty Queen. Since then, they’ve received air-time on a global scale, with spins on stations like Triple J, Triple M, 4ZZZ and PBS. They’ve named iconic acts like The Runaways, IDLES and L7 as their key influences. And we reckon with more tracks of this calibre, DOWNGIRL will go down in history just as those bands have. 

2006 is available to spin now.