{"title":"Gina Birch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGina Birch (born in 1955 in Nottingham, UK) is an English musician, visual artist, photographer and filmmaker. She gained recognition as a founding member of The Raincoats, a feminist punk band formed in 1977 with Ana da Silva. The Raincoats quickly became influential figures in the punk rock scene, recording three albums for Rough Trade that are still regarded as important records of the era. After disbanding in 1984 and reforming in 1994, they continue to perform today and have their own record label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAside from her musical career, Gina is also known for her work as a painter and filmmaker. She has directed music videos for notable bands such as The Libertines and New Order. Additionally, she is a mother of two daughters and has fronted the band Dorothy and The Hangovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn September 2021, Gina released her first solo single titled \"Feminist Song\" on Third Man Records to commemorate the opening of their new London location. Her debut solo album \"I Play My Bass Loud,\" recorded by Martin \"Youth\" Glover from Killing Joke and featuring Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth, will be released by Third Man Records in February 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"i-play-my-bass-loud","title":"I Play My Bass Loud","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs one-half of the Raincoats’ core duo since 1977, Gina Birch is a punk icon with a pop sensibility, an art-schooled adventurer who has painted, filmed, and performed by her own rules for over 45 years—using her visual art to tell stories, charging raw recordings with concepts. Her history converges onto her first solo album, I Play My Bass Loud, its title evoking her singular approach to her instrument as well as an ethos. She won’t hang back, or play a supporting role. She is now taking centre stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn September of 2021, Gina released her first ever solo single, Feminist Song, on Third Man Records in celebration of the opening of their brand new London location. In February of 2023, Third Man release Gina’s brand new and first ever solo full length album, \u003ci\u003eI Play My Bass Loud\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded by Martin “Youth” Glover from Killing Joke and featuring Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe songs of I Play My Bass Loudwere largely finished before Birch brought them to co-producer Youth, of Killing Joke, who has developed an impressive pedigree collaborating with legendary punk women like Poly Styrene and Viv Albertine, and brought in things like middle eights and choruses. But there were also some moments of spontaneity in assembling a handful of tracks from almost-scratch. In the studio, Birch and Youth built “I Am Rage” into a pop song from its beginning as “a whispered poem.” Together, they wrote a bonafide alt-rock anthem, “Wish I Was You,” and its preceding tone poem, “And Then It Happened,” which Birch called “a letter to myself.” The pair of songs collectively narrate a shift in perception—a woman stepping ever-further into her power and thriving—propelled by a much-deserved wind. Birch said “Wish I Was You” was a joke at first—“I used to wish I was you,” she sings, “But now you wish you were me”—though she also admits, “in every joke, there’s some truth.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Man","offers":[{"title":"Blue LP | Rough Trade Exclusive","offer_id":50406176751947,"sku":"2002115","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50406175375691,"sku":"2002113","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50406176194891,"sku":"2002114","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50406174097739,"sku":"2002112","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/20000000185138_418a0067_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726584205"},{"product_id":"fresh-2","title":"Fresh!","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntipodean pop queen \u003cstrong\u003eGina G\u003c\/strong\u003e burst onto the scene in 1996 with the UK’s Eurovision entry, ‘\u003cem\u003eOoh Aah… Just a Little Bit\u003c\/em\u003e’. An instant party classic, it actually only finished eighth in Oslo that year, but became a platinum-certified #1 in the UK and a Grammy-nominated global smash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of 1997, Gina’s debut LP, \u003cem\u003eFresh!\u003c\/em\u003e had spawned no less than five further hit singles. ‘\u003cem\u003eFresh!\u003c\/em\u003e’ features the hit singles ‘\u003cem\u003eOoh Aah… Just a Little Bit\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #1, US #12), ‘\u003cem\u003eI Belong to You\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #6), ‘\u003cem\u003eFresh!\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #6), ‘\u003cem\u003eTi Amo\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #11), ‘\u003cem\u003eGimme Some Love\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #25, US #46) and ‘\u003cem\u003eEvery Time I Fall\u003c\/em\u003e’ (UK #52).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside a purple vinyl LP, 90\/9 is delighted to announce a freshly remastered and expanded deluxe edition of the album as a 2CD+DVD set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first major project for the Metro songwriting and production team, the album also boasts credits for Motiv8, Cutfather and Joe and former PWL mainstays Phil Harding and Ian Curnow. On its original release in March 1997, the album hit #12 in the UK and was certified silver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCD1 features the original album, freshly remastered for 2024 from the original studio tapes and updated to include the showstopping Eurovision version of ‘\u003cem\u003eOoh Aah… Just a Little Bit\u003c\/em\u003e’. Bonus tracks include a previously unreleased ballad, ‘Waiting on Your Love’, the single mix of ‘\u003cem\u003eGimme Some Love\u003c\/em\u003e’ and the floor-filling commercial 12” mixes of the other five singles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDocumenting the collision of mainstream pop and underground club culture in the 90s, CD2 contains an eclectic selection of reworks, ranging from full vocal club mixes and U.S. radio remixes to cooler fare from such luminaries as Hysteric Ego, DJ Tonka and Todd Terry, whose Acid Dub mix of ‘\u003cem\u003eEvery Time I Fall\u003c\/em\u003e’ became a bona-fide speed garage anthem under the pseudonym of G.O.D. ‘Unlimited’. Across the 2CD set, no less than a dozen cuts were previously promo-only, vinyl-only or unreleased.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAll six promo videos are released together for the first time on DVD, together with Gina’s 1996 Eurovision performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach disc is housed in an individual card sleeve showcasing David LaChapelle’s iconic original photo shoot, presented in a clamshell outer box, with special print finish throughout and the original 1997 artwork lovingly refreshed. The 24-page booklet includes additional photos, new sleeve notes, full lyrics and an illustrated discography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"90\/9","offers":[{"title":"Purple LP","offer_id":50422400876875,"sku":"2191551","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CDx3","offer_id":50422396551499,"sku":"2191550","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot_2024-03-22_at_18.03.34_e4e4ef92_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1726764155"},{"product_id":"feminist-song","title":"Feminist Song","description":"\u003cp\u003eDebut solo release from Gina Birch, founding member of Dorothy, The Hangovers and The (hugely influential) Raincoats. \u003ci\u003eFeminist Song\u003c\/i\u003e made it’s way into recent Raincoats gigs and Gina’s longtime collaborator and fellow Raincoat Ana da Silva contributes monotron on this recording. 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