After flying off the radar for quite a while (25 years to be exact), The Slits have emerged to once again raise their collective middle fingers to the bastards at AOR, exactly three decades after their debut album Cut. Around the time that The Runaways were proving girls could handle the big leagues of hard rock, The Slits went even further by embracing a more schizoid musical palette that extended far beyond the punk rock realm.
Fans of the band’s eccentric sound should be psyched to learn that nothing much has changed: a mix of everything from dub, reggae, and electronica floods Trapped Animal, and proves once again that The Slits are able to maintain the same cutting edge sound that made them purveyors on the scene three decades ago. And for the record, Hollie Cook, daughter of Sex Pistols’ drummer Paul Cook, handles skins duties on the band’s latest, adding more fervor to the band’s anthems of rebellion.
Words by Jeff Nau
