The Wimmins' Institute

The Wimmins' Institute
Origin London, England
Genres Indie, riot grrrl
Years active 2015–now
Associated acts Thee Faction,
Linus,
Keith Top of the Pops & His Minor UK Indie Celebrity All-Star Backing Band
Website http://wimmins.wordpress.com
Members Jennifer Denitto
Cassie Fox
Melissa Reardon
Deborah van der Geugten

The Wimmins' Institute is a 4-piece all-female indie rock band from London, England, formed in 2015.

The band consists of Jennifer Denitto on drums/guitar, Cassie Fox on bass guitar, Melissa Reardon on trumpet/drums, and Deborah van der Geugten on guitar. All four members provide vocals.[1]

Fox and Reardon also play together in Socialist R&B band Thee Faction; Denitto and van der Geugten had both been members of riot grrrl band Linus.[2]

The band played their first gig in 2015 and have subsequently played with Grace Petrie, The Ethical Debating Society, Vice Squad and The Monochrome Set;[3] and Bis.

Their debut album, Badass Lady Power Picnic, produced by Charley Stone, was self-released in October 2015. It was rated 4/5 by R2, who described it as "just wonderfully, tunefully, angrily unprofessional".[4] The Morning Star described it as a "brilliant debut".[5] Tracks from the album, including lead single "Mansplaining", have been played by Steve Lamacq on BBC Radio 6.[6][7]

In 2016 the band released the new song "Nando's" as a single, with accompanying video.[8]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Read All About Us". The Wimmins' Institute. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  2. ↑ Oram, Bob (2015-05-28). "Post-Election Polemics Perk Up Putney Punters". The Morning Star. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  3. ↑ "NEXT GIG … 4 MARCH @ THE 100 CLUB, SUPPORTING THE MONOCHROME SET". The Wimmins' Institute. 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  4. ↑ Whalley, Boff (January 2016). "Review: Badass Lady Power Picnic". R2 Magazine.
  5. ↑ Oram, Bob. "Brilliant and Barnstorming Blasts from Badass Wimmin". Morning Star. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  6. ↑ "Steve Lamacq: Music Played". BBC Radio 6. 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  7. ↑ "Steve Lamacq: Music Played". BBC Radio 6. Retrieved 2016-04-28.
  8. ↑ The Wimmins' Institute (2016-04-20). "Nando's by The Wimmins' Institute (video)". Retrieved 2016-04-28.
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