Pussycat And The Dirty Johnsons
Ain’t No Pussy – Johnson Family
This record is a gift. Intelligence, social commentary and hell yeah sister moments. Wrapped with hot, raw punk. Tied with addictive, resonant, hell-unleashed vocals and complete conviction. There’s the ferocious rock ‘n’ roll of ‘Suneal’, sneering ‘Sylvia’ and thundering drums topped with wild guitars on ‘Midnight Motorway’. It doesn’t come much better than this. Not sure? Not a problem. Just read the words. Because Puss Johnson’s lyrics transcend all musical tastes. ‘My beauty ain’t measured by the size of my tits/I don’t give a shit if you can’t handle it’ (‘One Of The Boys’). ‘You don’t get why we’re so pissed off/Why we vent our spleen/About the male dominated/Rock ‘n’ roll scene’ (‘Pretty Good For A Girl’). The refrain of ‘Ain’t No Pussy’ is a battle cry for anyone who feels the focus of those ever-present judgy eyes of society – ‘You don’t know me/And you don’t own me’. Plus the idea of ownership is pretty apt considering Puss’s fierce feline image. A review with no cat puns? Yep, cos it’s the dog’s bollocks.
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Review by Jo Wright