London-based theatrical punk group Twat Union are set to release their second EP, Don't Blame the Peach on February 20th via Alcopop! Records. Don't Blame the Peach is the band's second EP, following their first release, Don't Look It In The Eye in 2025 and their subsequent performances at Glastonbury and Boomtown.
Their new EP opens with "WFH," a track which takes inspiration from the work from home culture of the past few years, and adds a tongue-in-cheek sexual element with lines like "I can't see you on the Zoom, are you wearing any clothes?" The song's title suggests that it's a tune about working from home, when, more accurately, the title refers to "Wanking from home." "WFH" opens a conversation that the band continues throughout the entirety of their new EP: women's sexual empowerment. With songs that are funny, loud, and experimental, they help to take away some of the anxieties that women have surrounding sex and their bodies. The track is a bold, fun, and fitting introduction to this second iteration of the band's sound.
They follow this up with "Tiny Shorts," an equally delightfully unsubtle track about the cat-calling that women face in regard to their clothing and bodies. With stream-of-consciousness-style lyrics like "Just because I’m wearing tiny shorts/ It’s not an invitation/ So when you shout NICE ASS!/ You’re interrupting my thoughts" and their characteristic riot grrrl-esque screams, this track continues what Twat Union does best: talking about common women's issues in an angry yet dance-worthy way. The EP's midpoint is "Period Sex," the song that gives the EP its name with the line "You don’t blame the peach/ for the juice running down your hand." The bulk of the track is a spoken word story that pushes the barriers of what exactly you can say in a song that gets performed and pushes these barriers in the best possible way.
"Pay Me More" gives women an occasion to scream about another issue that so many face: pay gaps and poor treatment at work. The band uses lines like "HR said I was fiery/ My boss said I was pushy/ But they promised me it had nothing to do/ With the fact that I have a *meow*" to not only talk about the issue of unequal pay, but also how that manifests itself in the way that women are treated in their workplaces: being told they're too bossy for demanding better treatment or not having their ideas taken seriously by their male counterparts. The EP ends with "W.I.T.C.H.," a track which connects the feeling of women being told they're unattractive or never going to find a partner if they're opinionated with the imagery of turning into the classic witch- old, ugly, and unwanted. The band pushes back against this idea, ending the album with the repeating line "that's just my resting witch face."
Don't Blame the Peach is bold and fun, daring to talk about casual and daily topics and tell personal stories. The band shows you who they are in the most endearing way, making you want more music from them ASAP. Twat Union will tour the new EP through the end of April following its release on February 20th.
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