Riot Grrrl is Revived Through the Feral Siren-esque Sound of A VOID’s Antagonistic Anthem, ‘A Fish in Your Pocket’ –

Answering the question, what could pop punk be if it allowed its riffs to hit harder, was injected with the sleaze of the Sunset Strip in the 80s and evocatively augmented by nods to the valley girl inception of Riot Grrrl, is the latest single and music video from the Paris-born, London-based trio, A VOID.

Fish in Your Pocket is an explosion of sonic subversion, each progression showing you the meaninglessness of your expectation as the atmosphere and intensity shift beyond the remits of anticipation, which only adds to the adrenalising fervour that has become synonymous with the fiercely talented powerhouse helmed by Camille Alexander. Either she was born with natural talent and a ferocious sense of charisma, or she drank a potion in Wonderland to become a visceral, larger-than-life icon of affronting, feral in all the right places, siren-esque in all the rest, alt-rock. Everything about the latest single and music video is an exhibition of what it means to forget rolling with the punches and start delivering hammer blows with a kiss.

There are flashes of L7, Hole, and The Distillers in the salacious snarling swagger of the seminal single from the Paris-born, London-based catalysts of sonic carnage, who have built their name on explosive live shows and emotionally charged songwriting, recently taking that voltage to huge audiences. If we’re all made by design, A VOID were destined to dominate.

Watch the official music video for Fish in Your Pocket on YouTube now.

Review by Amelia Vandergast