Faced with ranks of leering male fans on tour with Hookworms, Alice Merida Richards and Sam Pillay – creators of one of the albums of the year – played in front of an ‘end rape culture’ sign
Virginia Wing have developed a high tolerance for sexism since forming in 2012. Over doughnuts in a punky Manchester bakery, Alice Merida Richards and Sam Pillay laugh off the time one journalist temporarily shut down when Pillay went to the loo mid-interview. They’re used to the “unspoken mythos that he’s the puppet master and I’m the singer,” says Jones. The troglodytic sound guys aren’t even worth mentioning. “They’ll burn in hell!” Pillay decides.
But the synth-pop duo did reach breaking point on a recent “emotionally draining” tour with Leeds psych band Hookworms. They’re quick to affirm their love for the group and their mutual leftwing politics; the problem was the dissonance between Hookworms’ progressive worldview and their blokey fans. “Good old-fashioned rock music!” Richards imitates. “The good old days of Hawkwind and being openly sexist.”
Thanks very much to anyone who watched us at the @HOOKWORMS show in Brixton last night. We're in Sheffield tonight and it's the last show of the tour. Last call for any blokes looking to get very defensive after seeing the word 'rape' pic.twitter.com/n6UAoAksGD
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