London band Blow Dry have shared their new single Mighty Crimes — a vivid, post-punk inspired track built on nagging guitar lines and a percussive beat, topped off with leader Genevieve Welsh’s brilliant, near theatrical vocal delivery.
Mighty Crimes is a fantastic look into the world of Blow Dry, building on the early promise of the band and bottling the essence of their live shows — incendiary sets that offer an aural and visual explosion for the senses. It follows the recent single and video for MR. BIG.
Who is Blow Dry?
Blow Dry is a musical project led and conceived by Genevieve Welsh. Originally from Australia and now based in London, she’s emerged from the fashion world with electric energy. As a band they move effortlessly between worlds, inhabiting the glamorous world of fashion while pushing things forward with their live shows. Theatrical and raw, Blow Dry are building a reputation as one of the most exciting new acts in town.
Genevieve Welsh on ‘Mighty Crimes’
“‘Mighty Crimes’ came about really quickly, in only a couple of hours. I was in LA with Jorge Elbrecht, who co-wrote the track — he had this awesome drum beat going that had me dancing about the room, and we came up with a narrative about a woman who’s so sick of the corporate world that she kills her boss and goes on the run. She’s a little on the unhinged side of life, and that comes out more and more as the song goes on.“
“On the surface it’s a relatable laugh — ugh, I want to kill my boss — I mean, how many people have said that before?! But there are real emotions under the humour too: the freedom and release of throwing everything away and heading out into the unknown, tangled up with the anxiety of ‘what have I done,’ and then comes the self-talk you do to convince yourself that yes you were right to make the choices you’ve made… whether you actually were or not.“
“It’s such a playful track combined with the Blow Dry dark humour — as soon as we recorded it I could see the imagery: a Thelma & Louise meets Tarantino meets Priscilla, Queen of the Desert getaway film, but set in the Australian outback. An off-kilter homage to my homeland.“
Mighty Crimes is co-written with Jorge Elbrecht (Japanese Breakfast, Sky Ferreira, Angel Olsen).
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Blow Dry are a visual and sonic tour de force — a full sensory experience captured in the striking, dynamic videos they produce, helping position them as a new presence that cannot be ignored. Alongside stylist Matt King, Genevieve is also the brains behind club night Tainted Pleasure, a glammed-up, Blitz Club-inspired night held at The Social.
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