Co-founding the Raincoats in 1977 would have been enough to forever cement Gina Birch's importance in music history, but she continued making music and exploring various realms of art throughout the years that followed.
I Play My Bass Loud is Birch's debut album as a solo artist, and it calls on her roots as a post-punk pioneer with the Raincoats as often as it ventures into new territory with little regard for parameters of genre or limitations of any kind.
The way Birch lightheartedly plays with styles and presentation coupled with Youth's top-tier production makes I Play My Bass Loud as fun to listen to as it is fascinating. The non-stop flow of ear candy serves as a perfect vehicle for Birch's wonderful songs of joy, frustration, self-acceptance, and experience.
It's a loud, celebratory album that perfectly boils down Birch's 40-plus-year journey as a tireless, boundless, and most of all fearless, creator.
Tracklist:
A1 I Play My Bass Loud 4:27
A2 And Then It Happened 2:42
A3 Wish I was With You 3:23
A4 Big Mouth 3:12
A5 Pussy Riot 4:30
A6 I Am Rage 4:12
B1 I Will Never Wear Stilettos 4:29
B2 Dance Like A Demon 4:16
B3 Digging Down 5:07
B4 Feminist Song 4:35
B5 Let's Go Crazy 4:09