The Fat Angel Sings

Tacocat have just shared a video for “The Internet,” a song off this year’s Lost Time. Like the song itself, the video (directed by Faye Orlove) takes on the uglier, anonymous corner of the inter web with basically a desktop video capture (animated and annotated) lyric video. It’s pretty cool and you can watch it below.
The band are currently on tour across the States,

The official video for ‘The Internet’ Directed by Faye Orlove, Purchase the new Tacocat album, ‘Lost Time’

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There’s something truly special about a band that can at once create some of the catchiest humored punk, while also trying to crush patriarchal norms. Since their debut almost 6 years ago, Seattle’s Tacocat have done and continue to do just this. With their unique brand of Riot-Grrrl infused punk and relaxed attitude, Tacocat has time and time again created records that, although feminist and rebellious to their core, are lighthearted and fun in their approach. In their newest album Lost Time, Tacocat carries over this signature sound once again and builds on it to create their most comprehensive and creative record yet.

Tacocat has always had a knack for playing on pop culture, but they really brought it to the forefront of Lost Time. Poking fun at online trolling, mansplaining, and the infamous “horse girl” stereotype, the band keeps the album amusing; however, these references are only the surface of this record. Beyond this fun, Tacocat touches upon more serious and meaningful ideas. Lost Time is their most thorough record yet, involving the feminist values that are sprinkled through their albums but also themes of work, time, and conformity.

Although there are many songs on Lost Time which act as a break from this concept, many of its songs stay on track with this message of the mundanity of work and that societal pressure of getting a 9 to 5. In “I hate the weekend”, vocalist Emily Nokes discusses the changing scene of Seattle as the silicon valley tech industry moves into the northwest, running amok and disrupting the local vibes. Or, on the last track of the record “Leisure Bees” Nokes begins, “The world is a hive / work hard until you die” and continues this freeing anti-capitalist message into, “If honey is power / who cares, cares about that / sometimes uncomfortable / is better than a dormat.“ Tacocat explores the modern idea of “living to work”, and how destructive it is on our lives. For living un-authentically and within the confines of society’s expectations is never really living, we’re just losing time.

Yet, even with this deeper message, Lost Time never keeps it too serious. From poking fun at the X-files on “Dana Katherine Scully”, to “I Love Seattle”, a celebration of the city and its impending natural disasters, the record never has a dull moment. Through their use of humor and pure talent, Tacocat creates one of the most fun, colorful, and entertaining records of the year. As a band, they are are continuing to prove themselves as one of the most unique and creative punk bands in the business.