“A song of regret and rage”: Listen to VENUS GRRRLS’ new single, 3x3

VENUS GRRRLS have unleashed an exhilarating new single, 3x3.

The new rager from the quintet – GK (vocals/guitar), Hannah Barraclough (bass), Eliza Lee (guitar), Grace Stubbings (synth) and Alannagh Doherty (drums) – is the inaugural original release for alt.rock label Killabop, and once again hears the band teaming up with former You Me At Six man Max Helyer on production.

In a joint statement, VENUS GRRRLS say that the lyrics for 3x3 “poured out of us recently, off the back of multiple significant relationships changing. We all sat together, processing, ruminating and repeating the ins and the outs. We have often tended to each other’s wounds as relationships ebbed and flowed; ones that built and fell again. It became clear throughout all of that, our shared experiences and situationship traumas were healed by this very process of sisterhood.

“It’s fundamentally an impolite song, brash and angry as it channels unfiltered feminine rage very much detailing the angry, regretful processing stage of a relationship ending. It was a little scary whilst we wrote the lyrics – as much as we usually sing about macabre subjects, this one is possibly the most confrontational song we’ve ever written lyrically.

“Spiritually, three is such a powerful and poignant number. We’re very aware of its presence in our tarot readings, hence the Three of Swords on the cover art – by a tattoo artist we love, Lily Rafferty, @needle.mistress – as well as the belief of getting back thrice what you put out into the universe. 3x3 is a song of regret and rage, stumbling with a bold riff you can stomp to, filtered through the lenses of dark ’90s guitar work and grating synths. The message of the song is simple: find your coven and forget (and maybe hex) your evil ex.”

Check out 3x3 below:

Catch VENUS GRRRLS supporting Nova Twins in March, and live at several festivals in the summer: Bearded Theory in May, Rock for People in June, and 2000trees in July.

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