Shoegazy New York indie rockers Mx Lonely have signed to TAGABOW leader Douglas Dulgarian’s label Julia’s War Recordings, and they announced a new album, All Monsters, due January 20 via their new label home (pre-order). The album was self-recorded, and first single “Big Hips” is a grunge/shoegaze hybrid about gender dysphoria during trans adolescence.
“‘Big Hips’ is a self-mocking celebration of youthful masculinity. Puberty imbues a sense of dread for everyone, but especially trans people,” says synthesist/vocalist Rae Haas. For me, the onset of feminine curves was met with a sort of voyeurism I didn’t feel I was made to be proud of. ‘Big hips’ were something that happened to you rather than something you owned. The song recontextualizes the dysphoria of my youth in the way young boys would jovially proclaim the size of their phalluses (whether it was true or not). It’s a big dick joke.” Listen and watch the Owen Lehman-directed video below.
Mx Lonely also have one upcoming hometown show at the moment, opening for their label heads TAGABOW at Market Hotel on December 10.
Tracklist
1. Kill the Candle
2. Big Hips
3. Shape of An Angel
4. All Monsters Go To Heaven
5. Blue Ridge Mtns
6. Anesthetic
7. Return to Sender
8. Whispers In The Fog