Birth control has never been catchy, but that's what happens when Seattle pop-punk princess Lisa Prank sings about her IUD. But the punchy, playful track belies a sadder story. As she told KEXP's Martin Douglas last month:
I was asked to write and perform a song at a party for the release of the wonderful writer Sheila Heti’s book Motherhood, which is about her struggle with deciding whether or not to have kids. Everyone performing was asked to create a piece of art around that topic. When I said yes to it I was in a serious relationship and it was the first time I’d ever even talked about the possibility having kids, so I figured I’d write some kind of sweet love song about that. But by the time the event was about to roll around I had completely procrastinated on writing a song, and my relationship had dramatically exploded a few days before, so this song about contraceptives and lies came out instead.
Check out the track via the video below, directed by Stacy Peck (Childbirth, Pony Time) and produced and edited by Marcy Stone Francois (Tacocat, Shabazz Palaces). Lisa Prank is one of the many artists playing the seventh annual Timbrrr! Winter Music Festival happening January 25th and 26th in Leavenworth, WA.
