Who Let The Dogs Out
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LAMBRINI GIRLS – WHO LET THE DOGS OUT – ALBUM REVIEW
For music fans with their finger on the pulse, Lambrini Girls have been on the radar for a few years. Whether it was a ferocious single or a raucous live show that first hit you in the face, as soon as you became aware of the group, you wanted more!
Well, thankfully more is here as the duo finally unveil their highly anticipated debut album. Now that’s an extremely overused phrase – highly anticipated. But ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ is a collection that has truly been waited on by a growing fanbase ever since Lambrini Girls first struck a chord in anger.
The opening trio of ‘Bad Apple’, ‘Company Culture’ and ‘Big Dick Energy’ have all been front and centre within their infamous live performances. This run eases you into the record with some familiarity and zest.
From hereon in it’s an overarching sense of intrigue that takes over and listeners are rewarded with exactly what they would want – more of the same! Biting vocals from Phoebe Lunny and driving bass from Lilly Macieira-Boşgelmez, which combine with a simple punk hum akin to early IDLES.
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Lyrically as well, it’s clear that Lambrini Girls are on par with some of their more established contemporaries. There are plenty of clever quips, thought-provoking words and more than your fair share of straight up callouts.
Cynics (predominately from groups receiving those frank callouts) will say that the duo are just playing up to their specific crowd; and they may well know their audience, but more importantly they clearly know themselves and know the harsh realities of the world.
Again, where critics will say they are alienating themselves from a large swathe of possible listeners, the duo will no doubt say that that’s on those individuals and not the band. Ideally those called out in songs will listen and learn – but we know we’re sadly kidding ourselves with that hope.
Ultimately Lambrini Girls have found themselves a home in a scene that is unashamed and unafraid to acknowledge societal injustices and importantly do something about them. The majority of the fans who have already discovered the group will fall in that category, and the thirty minutes of this record will be exactly what they will have hoped for from this album.
As is the nature of this beast, we’ve only just finished shouting about our 2024 Album of the Year list, and already our attention turns to 2025’s. A week or so into the year ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ takes a big lead in that list. Who knows if it will still be up there come December, but right now who cares? Just enjoy what is a barrage of an album!
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