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Ox Fanzine

Thank you to Triebi & Ox Fanzine 152 for giving our record such a great review (9/10!!!)

English translation;
RABIES BABIES has been around since 1999, and only now they are making their debut. Unfortunately, what the band from London, active as a trio since 2018, presents here is a rough, desolate and furious mix of punk rock, hardcore and noise. The three name as influences beside KLEENEX, SLITS also BLACK FLAG and remind me of bands like SPIDER CUNTS or 86’D. In their lyrics they criticize the handling of sexual abuse in our scene or sexist pick-up lines while riding a bike. So the A side is also called “Anger side”. But also the – her – fun does not come too briefly. And these songs can be found on the “Fun side” – be it “La La La” or “I fought the floor and floor won”, which lyrically at least should be the British answer to “Jung kaputt spart Altersheime”. The – unfortunately only – six songs come in a colorful package including lyrics fanzine and on white vinyl. For me already a contender for my record of the year!
Triebi Instabil (9)

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Record review!

The Vinyl District have said some nice stuff about our new record!

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Rabies Babies, S/T 10-inch (Damaged Goods) This UK-based label has become something of a fixture in this column, which is tribute to sustained quality since kicking into gear back in 1988. This consistently comes partly through focus as the discography is loaded with raw no-frills punk, snotty and snarly, both contemporary and in reissue. This new 6-song set from the Rabies Babies fits into Damaged Goods’ equation but also expands it a little, as these UK feminist garage anarcho punks (who’ve been at it since 1999) bash out a racket that would’ve fit just fine on one of the Kill Rock Stars comps or perhaps on a 7-inch in K Records’ International Pop Underground series. To get a little more contemporary, they could easily end up on a future volume in the Emotional Response label’s Typical Girls endeavor.

Rabies Babies divide their record into halves by mood, with the first side angry, opening with the inspired screed against victim-blaming “Rape Is Rape, Even If the Rapist Is in a Band That You Like.” They also tackle casual sexism in cycling in “On Your Bike” and being trapped in a madhouse (which sucks) in “Madhouse.” The flip is the fun side, as “Party,” “La La La” and “I Fought the Floor and the Floor Won” illuminate that Rabies Babies like to enhance their good times with booze. Cheers! The musical glue that holds it all together is rough-throated with beaucoup amp gunk, so that not only did Riot Grrl come to mind more than once and specifically Bikini Kill’s “Suck My Left One,” but also a few spots (like “Madhouse”) pointed back to the ’80s Cali hardcore scene. A stirring blast, short and sweet at 12 minutes. A-

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Good people saying nice stuff about our record in French

You can read it ici

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RABIES BABIES
EP, 10’’ inclus fanzine, sticker, carte postale, insert sérigraphié
Damaged Goods Rds
Cas intéressant que celui de ce groupe de Feminist Punk !
Ce trio mixte (une bassiste, une guitariste, un batteur) fondé en 1999 sort seulement son 1er disque ! Elles sont un peu les héritières des Riot Grrrls, et de l’esprit DIY, ont beaucoup beaucoup jouées dans les squats de Londres et new York.
Musicalement on est dans un très chouette, euphorisant et catchy mélange entre Hc 80 un peu dans l’esprit bien ouvert de la première vague américaine mais avec une personnalité tellement anglaise, du Fast Punk avec de gros éléments de Power Pop dedans… On peut aussi reconnaître ici et là des éléments de Noise Rock 90 et d’Art Rock.
Les Rabies Babies ne se contentent pas de recracher une recette, ne se mettent pas de limites, écrivent des chansons bien construites, variées et où les mélodies sont aussi importantes que la vitesse. Et c’est pour cela qu’on prend autant de plaisir à écouter et réécouter ces 6 véritables Punk songs !!!
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