About Star Matriarch
Protest music often trades in broad stroke messaging born of group consensus. Red Ship, the new full length from Star Matriarch, is deeply personal protest music born of Carol Bui's lived experience as an AuDHD mother of color and (former) sex worker under Imperialist capitalism. Melding syncopated world rhythms with abrasive post-punk instrumental explorations, the album seethes with a palpable, raw humanity. A modernist, global link in the riot grrl chain, on Red Ship Star Matriarch has alchemized pain into potent, revolutionary, empowering art. The guitars are abrasive and pithy, the melodies are as ferocious as they are sweet, the rhythms viscerally primordial, and the words tell uncomfortable stories you probably haven't heard.
Reclaiming sexuality and radicalizing femininity, a huge part of Star Matriarch's redefinition of strength is boldly declaring the right to feel her emotions fully and loudly - no matter how inconvenient they may be to the white, cishetero patriarchy. From her boisterous drums that somehow suggest both post-hardcore and Levantine folk, her lyrical yet abrasive guitars, to her emotively robust voice, Star Matriarch displays the full spectrum of emotions born from her lived truth; sacred rage, disarming joy, deep grief, and spiteful celebration. A stunningly embodied record, Red Ship commands a fully somatic listening experience, challenging the limits of a supposedly dying genre.
Star Matriarch, joined by Pax Allen on drums and Cameron Arneson on bass, celebrates the release of Red Ship at Spanish Ballroom on July 3rd. With Echo Ravine, Worms in Dirt, and Koa Koala.