64 contributing vocalists. "The Feminist Band Aid". 'Reclaim These Streets' is a charity single like no other.
The brainchild of LOUD WOMEN's Cassie Fox, who also wrote the song (aside from the rap section, which was written and performed by Brix Smith), the project was organised in response to the deaths of Sarah Everard and Blessing Olusegun and was inspired by Fox's sense of "rage and frustration" As she says, "Two women a week are killed by men. Refuge services are having to turn away one in two survivors of violence. And yet refuge funding has been cut by one quarter since 2010. This is a song of feminist solidarity and hope - all women and gender non-conforming people have a right to walk safely on every street, and be safe in their own home."
Patsy Stevenson, the woman whose image was published around the world not so many weeks ago when she was pinned to the ground by members of the Metropolitan Police at a vigil for Sarah Everard, is one of the 64 vocalists featured on the track. She is joined by regular LOUD WOMEN guests such as Janey Starling (ex-Dream Nails), Charley Stone ( Salad, Gay Dad, Desperate Journalist), Estella Adeyeri (Big Joanie) and Helen McCookerybook as well as Penfriend, Kel from The Empty Page and... Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama, Shakespear's Sister), who ends the track.
A surging, urgent slice of punk rock that is unflinching and uncompromising in its lyrics, message, sense of urgency and rage, it will stay with you long after you finish watching.
The song is available to buy across all streaming platforms (including Bandcamp) and all proceeds go to Women's Aid.
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