Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.For all its energy, it would be misleading to describe Who Let the Dogs Out as a breath of fresh air. The last time eyebrows were raised at the sonic novelty of furious punk rock was almost 50 years ago. But Phoebe Lunny and Lilly Macieira of Lambrini Girls throw themselves into the fray with a striking combination of nimbleness and heaviosity. The Brighton duo take their name from Lambrini, a popular brand of pear cider aimed at the undiscriminating female drinker. “Lambrini girls just wanna have fun!” used to be its slogan. Lambrini Girls also want to have fun. Ribald comedy runs through their songs, which are dashed out with cartoon boldness, like a Viz comic strip brought to life. But anger is the principal motor.Their debut album opens with the sound of sirens and a juddering one-note riff like fists banging at the door. The song, “Bad Apple”, denounces police violence. “Not just bad apples, it’s the whole rotten tree,” Lunny bellows. She plays the battering-ram riff at the start of the track and then the blowtorch guitar noise that runs through the rest of it. Meanwhile, Macieira lays down thickly welded notes on bass. Drumming is provided by guest contributor Sam Evans of fellow Brighton band Ditz. Songs take aim at the ills of the world with synapses blaring in outrage. They address issues such as gentrification, male entitlement, nepo babies and prejudice against the neurodivergent. This progressivist checklist is tackled with rough humour and lapel-grabbing urgency, not finger-wagging sanctimony. A mordant streak of satire runs through “Company Culture”’s diatribe against corporate sexism. The music (produced by Daniel Fox, bassist with influential Irish noise-rockers Gilla Band) rumbles animatedly around the low-end frequency of Macieira’s bass, as though getting to the root of things.Lunny vociferates at full volume and with pinpoint timing in the style of Amyl and the Sniffers’ Amy Taylor. The album lasts scarcely 30 minutes but packs a lot of action into its runtime. If not a breath of fresh air, then the results are scorching. ★★★★☆‘Who Let the Dogs Out’ is released by City Slang
