Land Trust: Benefit For NEFOC

Erica Dawn Lyle & Vice Cooler

Self-released on Bandcamp

When Bikini Kill’s tour was canceled due to the pandemic, band member Erica Dawn Lyle and her friend Vice Cooler got together, wrote the songs on this album, recorded the basic tracks, and then gave them to friends to finish. The cause benefiting from sales, Northeast Farmers Of Color, buys land to return to indigenous farmers and farmers of color. It is a great cause.

The music, showcasing the best in feminist punk in all its forms, is wonderful. Every track has something to recommend it, from Kim Gordon’s spoken word piece “Debt Collector,” to “Mirrorball,” featuring Kathleen Hanna, with it’s refrain of “I want my money back,” to the Linda Lindas’ hit energy track “Lost In Thought.” Kelley Deal’s song “Bodies,” with Emily Restas on bass and Sarah Register on backing vocals, sounds halfway between Protomartyr and her duo with Mike Montgomery, R. Ring. Mike mixed and mastered the song.

You won’t go wrong in picking up this album, with music this good all the way through, and, as I say, it’s a great cause. So if you want some serious fun, to rock out, or both, get this album.

Andrea Weiss