Our obsession with Clare Easdown and her band The Cunning Linguists cannot be contained. We have previously featured a slew of Clare’s incredible songs, as well as BURN THE SWASTIKA, and A SONG FOR elon by The Cunning Linguists, so when we heard that they were back with FUCK YOUR THRONE – Lo-Fi, we were curious to say the least!
This time, The Cunning Linguists return with fire in their veins. Their name alone is a wink to wordplay and wit. It’s cheeky, and perfectly fitting for artists who wield language as a weapon. Clare Easdown and Jade Ryan make statements, and loud ones at that!
FUCK YOUR THRONE opens with a cerebral guitar line and subversive energy. This leads us to Clare’s voice – atmospheric, haunting, deliberate. “You built your throne on silence and lies,” she sings. It’s minimal, though it pulls us in like gravity.
As the track builds, metallic tones creep in. The sound distorts and bites. Suddenly, we are in the midst of a full-bodied rebellion – a wall of grunge-tinged noise, and a call to arms disguised as a song. The sound evolves and mutates, but staying true to their ethos, it is art as activism. Raw and authentic punk, albeit reimagined through a digital lens.
The band confesses, “We wrote this track in response to the growing gap in society between filthy rich billionaire’s and the rest of society. The rich are getting richer. the poor are getting poorer and we wanted to capture this notion in our track FUCK YOUR THRONE. We love DIY music that is completely original and created from scratch and we wanted to adopt this exact approach for this Lo-Fi release.”
It ebbs and flows, its tension building and releasing in waves. Clare’s singing floats back between defiance and despair, perfectly aligned with the recent NO KINGS marches, whilst Jade’s guitar scythes across the mix like a protest sign painted in distortion. It’s unpolished by design. Every imperfection breathes honesty. Every lull is a heartbeat before another sonic punch.
FUCK YOUR THRONE is a stance. Anti-capitalist, anti-apathy, anti-monarchy – and unapologetically loud. Influences from Amyl and The Sniffers, Bikini Kill, and the Riot Grrrl movement echo throughout, yet The Cunning Linguists manifest their own electric sermon.
We have added FUCK YOUR THRONE to our New Music Spotlight playlist, and our TRIPPY playlist, whilst we continue to stream the wider discography of Clare Easdown, and The Cunning Linguists, and anticipate future releases from the visionary activists.