Coach Party are one of the finer things to come across the Solent from the Isle of Wight (along with my friend Stuart who is awesome) and after the success of their After Party EP comes a new single ‘Flag (Feel Like A Girl)’ which is a loud-AF roar of anger which singer Jess Eastwood says is about “those who know what it’s like to feel unsafe, objectified or hurt by someone. It’s an intense anger where you just want to see that person suffer as much as they made you suffer. It takes you to the point where you’ll do anything to protect the people around you from this person, whether you know them or not. Look out for your mates.”
The video, directed by Dan Broadley, is a revenge-romp that’s Jane Austen meets Deathwish with flintlock pistols, as the video’s heroine metes out gunpowder justice to the preening, braggadocio of the men who have caused all the pain and sleepless nights: “wanna hurt you back, just like how you hurt me” shouts Eastwood in the chorus.
The band pack acres of intensity into ‘Flag’ and they could cut down the scumbag subjects of this song with the guitar riffs alone. There is so much explosive energy on display it sounds like a firestorm picked up by a hurricane during a meteor strike. The band are currently on an extensive tour (dates below) and if they only played ‘Flag (Feel Like A Girl)’ repeatedly for an hour it would still be an incredible gig. Flag well and truly planted Coach Party are now top of the mountain.
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Coach Party are on tour:
Oct 1 | Broadcast, Glasgow
Oct 2 | Surf Café, Tynemouth
Oct 5 | Sidney & Matilda, Sheffield
Oct 6 | Phase One, Liverpool
Oct 7 | The Deaf Institute, Manchester
Oct 8 | Georgian Theatre, Stockton On Tees
Oct 9 | Bodega, Nottingham
Oct 13 | The Face Bar, Reading
Oct 14 | Portland Arms, Cambridge
Oct 15 | Esquires, Bedford
Oct 16 | The Sunflower Lounge, Birmingham
Oct 17 | Swn Festival, Cardiff
Oct 20 | The Horn, St Albans
Oct 21 | Louisiana, Bristol
Oct 22 | Komedia Studio Bar, Brighton
Oct 23 | The Smokehouse, Ipswich
Oct 26 | The Bullingdon, Oxford
Oct 27 | The Boileroom, Guildford
Oct 28 | Omera, London
Oct 29 | London Calling, Amsterdam
Nov 3 | Edge Of The Wedge, Portsmouth
Nov 4 | The Forum, Tunbridge Wells
Nov 5 | Heartbreakers, Southampton
Nov 6 | Strings Bar and Venue, Newport
Review by Paul F Cook
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