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Never Fight A Man With A Perm
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- Album
- Joy as an Act of Resistance.
- Released
- 2018
- Genres
- post-punk, punk
- Length
- 3:49
- Tempo
- 156 BPM
- Label
- PTKF
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About this song
The song is a diss-style track in which the singer Joe Talbot repeatedly and bluntly insults his targets. Talbot has spoken publicly on several occasions about his dislike of popular things seen as standards for men, and he brings these views into the song.
What it's about
The song tackles masculinity and how it is shown among men in modern society. It takes aim at the things it considers standards for men, attacking them relentlessly.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 1 other song, like “MINDBREAK by FREE.99”.
- Written by Joe Talbot, Mark Bowen, Lee Kiernan, Adam Devonshire and Jon Beavis.
- Produced by IDLES and Paul Frazer.
- Recorded at Invada Studios (Bristol.