Years active 2015–now Record label LOUD WOMEN | Albums Badass Lady Power Picnic | |
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Associated acts Thee Faction,Keith Top of the Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band Members Cassie FoxMelissa Reardon Past members Jennifer DenittoDeb van der Geugten Similar Thee Faction, Linus, The Ethical Debating Society, Madonnatron, The Monochrome Set | ||
The Wimmins' Institute is a 4-piece all-female indie rock band from London, England, formed in 2015.
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The band was formed by Jennifer Denitto on drums/guitar, Cassie Fox on bass guitar, Melissa Reardon on trumpet/drums, and Deborah van der Geugten on guitar. All four members provided vocals.
Fox and Reardon also play together in Socialist R&B band Thee Faction; Denitto and van der Geugten had both been members of riot grrrl band Linus.
The band played their first gig in 2015 and have subsequently played with Grace Petrie, The Ethical Debating Society, Vice Squad and The Monochrome Set; and Bis.
Their debut album, Badass Lady Power Picnic, produced by Charley Stone, was self-released in October 2015. It was rated 4/5 by R2, who described it as "just wonderfully, tunefully, angrily unprofessional". The Morning Star described it as a "brilliant debut". Tracks from the album, including lead single "Mansplaining", have been played by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6.
In 2016 the band released the new song "Nando's" as a single, with accompanying video.
Discography
Songs
MansplainingBadass Lady Power Picnic · 2015
SugarBadass Lady Power Picnic · 2015
Darling HeartBadass Lady Power Picnic · 2015