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Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks
EntertainmentMusicMusic News•March 20, 2026 at 12:00 PMNational

Add to playlist: the sharply observed electro-twee of the Femcels and the week’s best new tracks

By Shaad D'Souza, Ben Beaumont-Thomas and Laura Snapes•The Guardian Music

Following in the footsteps of Heavenly and Tiger Trap the duo’s high-tempo electroclash-indie-pop deftly explores young womanhood in 2020s LondonFrom LondonRecommended if you like Heavenly, CSS, the TeenagersUp next I Have to Get Hotter out nowThe Femcels’ music is euphoric and depressive, sometimes ironic but mostly sincere, often high-tempo, and all delivered with wired, unvarnished vocals. In that sense, it is 80s and 90s twee reincarnate; move past their band’s shitposty name and you’ll find that Rowan Miles and Gabriella Turton have a lot to offer when it comes to exploring the chills and thrills of young womanhood in 2020s London. Continue reading...

Following in the footsteps of Heavenly and Tiger Trap the duo’s high-tempo electroclash-indie-pop deftly explores young womanhood in 2020s London

From London
Recommended if you like Heavenly, CSS, the Teenagers
Up next I Have to Get Hotter out now

The Femcels’ music is euphoric and depressive, sometimes ironic but mostly sincere, often high-tempo, and all delivered with wired, unvarnished vocals. In that sense, it is 80s and 90s twee reincarnate; move past their band’s shitposty name and you’ll find that Rowan Miles and Gabriella Turton have a lot to offer when it comes to exploring the chills and thrills of young womanhood in 2020s London.

Continue reading...

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