Album Review: Who Let The Dogs Out by Lambrini Girls

Humour and rage collide in beautiful symphony in a take-no-prisoners debut from one of the UK's most fun and fearless bands Lambrini Girls‘ blistering debut EP landed back in 2023, and since then, the Brighton duo have wasted no time in making an impact. From triumphant performances at Glastonbury and Reading and Leeds to sharing stages with Iggy Pop, they’ve rapidly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with. Along the way, they've made their political stance unmistakably clear, championing trans rights and standing in solidarity with Palestine.

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Lambrini Girls have absolutely no time to waste. Their debut album was recorded over a few days, powered by booze and rage, and it shows, in all the best ways. Their catalogue of gripes is long and justified: corporate misogyny, gentrification, performative activism, the police and love itself are just some of the targets in the sights of Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Lilly Macieira (bass).

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The fiery debut from Brighton's Lambrini Girls seems designed to provoke. Sure, the duo's musical palette is a little limited, and Phoebe Lunny's nasal snarl starts to become a little grating after a while, but the furious lyrics and frenetic guitars certainly make for a fun listen. While tracks like Company Culture ("Michael, I don't want to suck you off on my lunch break") will generate the most discussion, the slower No Homo is my personal favourite, largely because of its more personal and reflective lyrical tone.

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If you're in a battle to write your debut album against the clock, do you take a careful approach that involves daily exercise and cooking dinner together, or do you stock up on a hell of a lot of booze and start writing, hoping for the best? If you're Lambrini Girls, you do both. Comprising Phoebe Lunny (vocals and guitar) and Lilly Macieira (bass), the Brighton duo wrote debut album 'Who Let The Dogs Out' in two quick bursts, before it was recorded with Gilla Band bassist Daniel Fox. The result is something that's raw and fuzzy but also very catchy throughout, darkly funny and full of acerbic wit, and - above all else - important.

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Capturing the famed freneticism of their live show with confidence and clarity, each of the eleven tracks on Lambrini Girls' debut full-length holds absolutely nothing back. 'Who Let The Dogs Out' is an album that - as expected - is replete with ruthlessly cutting one-liners: "True love is nothing more than the wrong hill to die on" asserts 'Love'; "You act like I'm your mother and your therapist", 'Big Dick Energy' berates. Clearly, the self-same visceral fury at our capitalistic, patriarchal, racist, queerphobic society that first drew people's attention to the duo (comprised of vocalist/guitarist Phoebe Lunny and bassist Lilly Macieira) is still burning strong.

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