Photos by Allen Ying.
Something is very unusual about the band name cumgirl8. It’s not that its sexually “provocative” because you know what, who gives a fuck anymore? I’m thankful that we are living in a time where most thinking individuals agree that there is a difference between something being inherently sexual, and something being “meant to provoke” a response.
When I read that cumgirl8 had evolved as a play on a cam girl screen name, I couldn’t believe that I hadn’t realized it before. It sounded exactly like something I had thought up back when I used to sit on a pink blanket dressed like Princess Leia. I think I called myself TheBabeWithThePowerofVoodoo.
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The press photos of band members Veronica, Lida, and Chase show the girls in various states of neon fishnets, covered in nipple pasties, with Joan Jett mullet cuts. It’s sexy, but sexy in the way that women experience something as sexy. It looks like they are all having fun, and I want to join in on their fun. The cumgirl8 aesthetic is beautiful, and very natural because there is nothing pristine about it.
They are full-throttle punk rock.
Disorganized, unconcerned, improper and powerful, cumgirl8’s latest live show was played in a New York City subway, and their single “Hourglass” includes the shouted lyric “Don’t think you can turn a blind eye to the things you’ve done, don’t think that you’re entitled to what’s mine for the sake of your fun.” The background guitar is entirely unedited and would absolutely sound the exact same on a recording as in a live show.
Who gives a fuck anymore? Certainly not cumgirl8. It’s a relief to listen to them.
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