Deap Vally [extended]

• Femejism [Nevado, 2016] A-
• Deap Lips [Cooking Vinyl, 2020] **

See Also:

• Deap Vally & the Flaming Lips

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Femejism [Nevado, 2016]
Two-grrrl guitar-and drums, except that it's rock not punk--the guitars thick, the tunes sticky, the tempos merely up, the politics "I'm gonna do what I wanna/Do it 'cause I wanna." Feel don't think, they advise; value your bitterness, value your rage. Only they're also grrrl-smart, and sensible to boot. They know teens turn 25, then 35, eventually 85; they know sometimes that guy you want to go down on may think he can video you while you're at it. The guy of theirs I identify with is "Julian," to whom they extend their sincere regrets: "You've caught me at the wrong time." Check back in six months, pal. She might be worth the wait. A-

Deap Vally & the Flaming Lips: Deap Lips [Cooking Vinyl, 2020]
In which Deap Vally ups its rock cred via the Lips or the Lips up their grrrl cred via Deap Vally, with whether that's a win-lose or a lose-win depending on where you started out ("Home Thru Hell," "Pusher Man") **