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DiS meets Joanna Gruesome: "Misogyny in music is so prevalent" / In Depth // Drowned In Sound


Joanna Gruesome’s Alanna McArdle as she reflects on
Weird Sister, talks about sexism in music, and why you should think twice before calling them twee.
It’s been 7 months since the release of your debut album
Weird Sister, looking back on the whole process, how was it for you, and what have you learned as a band?
Alanna McArdle: Doing the album was fun more than anything, I think for most of us it was the first time we had recorded anything in a real studio so it felt very ‘real’ in a sense. It’s weird to me that it’s been almost a year. After we recorded it, it took almost a year to come out so it’s actually been a pretty long process and I hadn’t really realised. When it did finally come out I think we were all a little shocked and confused by its reception. We didn’t expect anyone to really listen to it or buy it, so getting the attention we got was very strange. Doing something like CMJ- which was I guess directly linked to the album’s rel ....

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