I first came across FOE (Facebook/Twitter) with the Hi, Honey taster this time last year, but this week has seen the release of her debut EP, Hot New Trash, on Stella Mortos as well as her collaboration with Entrepreneurs and Ghostpoet on Fuck Tactics.

On Hot New Trash, FOE (aka Hannah Clark) spits vitriol over the media’s obsession with “the next big thing” that is foisted upon the ever adoring public dumbed down by the internal marketing machines of integrated exploitative media conglomerates. It’s clear to say that she has a message with which to provoke then.

Musically, the four tracks open with the awkward Ape Song that allows the attitude to bubble beneath an accordion wrapped, as is the whole EP, in Entrepreneur’s twisted electronic production. Tyrant Song is a more distorted, beat led affair for sweat walled clubs with a chorus of “are you ready for the next big thing, are you ready for a clown in a G-string”, where I doubt I’m the only one miss-hearing clown for cunt.

Merry Go Down closes the EP with something musically a little different and little more pop-influenced with electric organ led bit of soul, but she still refusing to let up on the examples of celebrity culture. No soft corners, this an electronic grunge EP with a message.

…and the launch party for this is tonight so get yourself down to The Macbeth for FOE, Entrepreneurs and Ghostpoet fronting the party.

[BUY] FOE – Hot New Trash on tape or vinyl from Stella Mortos
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Ape Song by FOE

Tyrant Song by FOE

Genie In A Coke Can by FOE

Merry Go Down by FOE

Merry Go Down (Toby Gale’s Colour Challenge Remix) by Toby Gale

Genie In A Coke Can (ALEC EMPIRE RMX) by FOE