Label: City Slang
By Seth White
Brighton Punk duo Lambrini Girls have finally graced the world with their debut full length album ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’. Amongst the incredible shower of praise this album has already rightly received, this record establishes a gold standard for a punk album in the modern day.
It’s with considerable confidence that I can say this is 2025’s first landmark release for me. It’s unapologetic, political, catchy, and most importantly, in your face.
“You know how Fleetwood Mac almost dedicated Rumours to their cocaine dealer? I think we should dedicate this album to all the booze we bought at Tesco.”
Lambrini Girls
Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar) and Lilly Macieira (bass) have cooked up a storm with this release, offering 11 belting tunes at only 29 minutes in total (perfect punk record timing!).
The record covers a range of relevant and gripping social commentaries on tracks such as ‘Company Culture’, ‘Filthy Rich Nepo Baby’ and ‘Bad Apple’, which provide thumping retorts on issues such as workplace harassment, music industry nepotism and police brutality respectively.
Recorded with Gilla Band’s Daniel Fox and mixed by Seth Manchester, the production of this record is bold and raw, without sounding unpolished and too harsh on the ear. Phoebe’s maniacal, raging vocals are at the forefront of the mix, accentuated by a perfect mesh of guitar distortion and a wicked backbeat on each track, making the mix ideal for the Lambrini Girls to blast their message all over the world.
Perhaps the standout song and message to arise out of the record is the track ‘Cuntology 101’, taking the infamous phrase out of 2024 ‘Brat‘ discussions and offering a Lambrini Girls interpretation, stating that the art of being ‘cunty’ is as simple as “having an autistic meltdown or doing a poo at your mate’s house”.
Lambrini Girls have put their own unique stamp on the punk rock sphere. With a modern punk revival in swing, there is more issues than ever to scream your head off about, so why not have a good headbang along to some Lambrini Girls?
If you’ve read this far you will definitely find yourself bopping along to these songs like I have. It’s great to see modern, fresh and relevant punk rock music doing this well. Lambrini Girls have kicked off their 2025 brilliantly with this release, and I’m excited to see what chaos they cause on their next album, let alone on their rampage through the UK, Europe and USA this year. Punk isn’t dead people!
Listen to ‘Who Let The Dogs Out’ here:
Catch Lambrini Girls at the following:
Jan 15 – Resident, Brighton – SOLD OUT
Jan 16 – Rough Trade Europe, Berlin
Feb 25 – Aeronef, Lille – France – SOLD OUT
Feb 26 – Stereolux, Nantes – France – SOLD OUT
Feb 27 – La Maroquinerie, Paris – France – SOLD OUT
Mar 01 – Bronson Club, Ravenna – Italy
Mar 03 – Bike Jesus, Prague – Czechia
Mar 04 – Moritzbastei, Leipzig – Germany
Mar 05 – Neue Zukunft, Berlin – Germany
Mar 07 – Hus7, Stockholm – Sweden
Mar 08 – John Dee, Oslo – Norway
Mar 09 – Pustervik, Goteborg – Sweden
Mar 11 – Ideal Bar, Copenhagen – Denmark – SOLD OUT
Mar 13 – Rotown, Rotterdam – Netherlands – SOLD OUT
Mar 14 – Melkweg, Amsterdam – Netherlands – SOLD OUT
Mar 15 – Effenaar, Eindhoven – Netherlands – SOLD OUT
Mar 17 – Bumann & Sohn, Cologne – Germany – SOLD OUT
Mar 18 – La Lune Des Pirates, Amiens – France
Mar 19 – Rotondes, Luxembourg – Luxembourg
Mar 20 – La Cartonnerie, Reims – France
Mar 21 – Le 106, Rouen – France
Mar 22 – AB Club, Brussels – Belgium – SOLD OUT
Apr 01 – The Fleece, Bristol – SOLD OUT
Apr 02 – Papillon, Southampton – SOLD OUT
Apr 03 – Castle and Falcon, Birmingham – SOLD OUT
Apr 04 – Future Yard, Birkenhead – SOLD OUT
Apr 05 – Whelans, Dublin
Apr 07 – The Crescent, York – SOLD OUT
Apr 08 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds – SOLD OUT
Apr 09 – St Luke’s, Glasgow – SOLD OUT
Apr 10 – Gorilla, Manchester – SOLD OUT
Apr 11 – Rescue Rooms, Nottingham – SOLD OUT
Apr 12 – Chalk, Brighton – SOLD OUT
Apr 17 – Electric Brixton, London
Apr 30 – Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
May 02 – The Rockwell, Boston, MA
May 03 – Ukie Club, Philadelphia, PA
May 04 – Pearl Street Warehouse, Washington, DC
May 06 – The Velvet Underground, Toronto, ON
May 07 – Sanctuary, Detroit, MI
May 09 – Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
May 10 – 7th St Entry, Minneapolis, MN
May 13 – Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
May 16 – The Pearl, Vancouver, BC
May 17 – Baba Yaga, Seattle, WA
May 18 – Mississippi Studios, Portland, OR
May 20 – Rickshaw Stop, San Francisco, CA
May 21 – Liquid Gravity, San Luis Obispo, CA
May 22 – Lodge Room, Los Angeles, CA
May 24 – Punk Rock Bowling, Las Vegas, NV
June 7 – In the Meadows Festival, Ireland
July 1-5 – Roskilde Festival, Denmark
July 24-27 – Truck Festival, UK
August 8-11 – Ypsigrock, Scilly
August 9 – Supporting The Libertines at Gunnersbury Park, London, UK
August 14-17 – Paredes de Coura, Portugal
August 23 – Reading Festival, UK
August 24 – Leeds Festival, UK
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