Raw Material

Album: Sistrionix (2013)
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Songfacts®:

  • Drummer Julie Edwards told NME, pointing out this song's bellow of "You ain't ever even broke a string, what can you teach me?", "I think about the majority of the songs are about female empowerment. A 'f--k you' to people who keep trying to put us in these boxes: as people, as women, as musicians."

    She added: "We LOVE this. It's our classic rock 'n' roll psych jam. The lyrics are pretty straightforward on this. We're not raw materials. And if we are, it's our right to create ourselves from our own raw materials."

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