Keep The Mother In Mind

Fake Fruit “Lying Legal Horror Lawyers”

“Lying Legal Horror Lawyers” is the kind of politically-charged punk song that gives you enough scraps of information to pick up on what the band is trying to lay out, but not enough connective tissue in the lyrics to get, like, a nuanced position. But nuanced positions are besides the point – this is about using the energy of this music as a vehicle for venting frustration, and in this case it’s “men’s rights” activists, the courts, and attempts to take children away from their mothers. Just going on the vibes and the tone of Hannah D’Amato’s yelps and shouts here it’s clear enough that their basic position is that “men’s rights” are laughable, the courts are embarrassing, and the band is siding with moms broadly or possibly even universally. You get the sense she’s reacting to a particular story, but that’s lost in the abstraction of the twitchy groove and punchy chorus. In any context we can all agree that lying legal horror lawyers suck. Fuck those guys!

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