Frau (band)

Frau is an all-female hardcore punk band from London, England.^[1] Billboard magazine named them one of "20 All-Female Bands You Need To Know"; rock critic Maria Sherman compares their sound to Bikini Kill.^[2] The punkzine Maximumrocknroll describes the band's highly charged and frantic sound as equal to the flippant swagger of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.^[3] Ashley Holland of the band, who also plays with Personnel and Good Throb, states that Frau seldom plays with other hardcore bands because the hardcore punk scene does not take female musicians seriously.^[4] In addition to Holland, the other members of the band are Colette Rosa who sings in queercore punk band Woolf, Paula and Núria who also played in the Barcelona band Las Timidas. The band's sound has been noted for the use of intense distortion with powerful, forceful vocals.^[5]

Frau
Origin	London, England
Genres	Punk, Hardcore
Labels	Static Shock Records
Members	Ashley Holland Colette Rosa Paula Darias Núria
Website	https://fraupunk.bandcamp.com/

Recordings

Their debut EP, Punk is my Boyfriend was released by Static Shock Records in 2014; and Mira was released in 2015.^[1][6]

See also

• Women in punk rock

References

1. Myint, Ava (12 August 2015). "FRAU, "MIRA"". Impose Magazine. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
2. Sherman, Maria (6 March 2015). "20 All-Female Bands You Need To Know". Billboard. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
3. Layla (23 September 2014). "Record of the Week: FRAU Punk Is My Boyfriend EP". Maximumrocknroll. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
4. Bakare, Lance (20 November 2014). "From Bad Brains to Cerebral Ballzy: why hardcore will never die". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. Hanson, Carolyn (20 September 2016). "10 Noise Bands You Need To Know Right Now". Nylon. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
6. Gibbon, Layla; Skolnik, Jes; Nelson, J.R.; Cupcake, Lorena (29 December 2014). "The 11 Very Best Punk Songs of 2014". Pitchfork. Retrieved 27 March 2021.