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MARVIN x Lambrini Girls: The Brighton punk duo have zero interest in playing it safe — emotionally or politically

It’s a balmy Wednesday night in May and NYC’s Bowery Ballroom is thumping. Phoebe Lunny — the vocalist and guitarist of the Brighton, UK punk duo Lambrini Girls — is hanging from the balcony, yelling: “New York, do you want to do something stupid or have fun?” 

She tells the rowdy crowd they can do both, leading a group to build a human pyramid while everyone else moshes in a circle around it. Bassist Lilly Macieira thrashes onstage, energised by the chaotic glory going on within the room.

4000 miles from their seaside hometown, Lambrini Girls are commencing their first US headlining tour, a 15-date run with the bulk of it sold out or upgraded to bigger venues. “It’s fucking mad. We’re playing to the same sized crowds we did in the UK,” Lunny says over the phone a couple of weeks later, speaking before their sold-out Chicago show. “It feels like a fever dream. A bit delirious, but in the best way.”

The tour is in support of their debut album Who Let The Dogs Out, a ferocious, fast-paced project that delivers a giant “fuck you” to the state of the world. It tackles gentrification (“You’re Not From Around Here”), police brutality (“Bad Apple”) and sees the duo unveil a more personal and vulnerable side (“Nothing Taste As Good As It Feels,” “Special, Different”).

Read the full feature in the MARVIN British Invasion Issue. Click HERE to purchase.