Brooklyn, NY’s Typhoid Rosie Release Rousing New Feminist Anthem ‘Defend Your Temple”

Song Appears On Upcoming Album ‘Queen Of Swords’ Out On August 13

“A punk song for every little girl who was sold a sham fairy tale, and is still waiting to be loved in such a disposable age: “She don’t need no prince, she don’t need no mice, she’ll make it on her own just fine!”- Rosie Rebel

Brooklyn, NY’s Typhoid Rosie is rolling out another new single off the band’s upcoming album ‘Queen Of Swords’, out August 13.

The latest track, “Defend Your Temple”, is an empowering feminist anthem– and an urgent plea to stop seeking validation outside of ourselves.

Stream “Defend Your Temple” here: https://youtu.be/_0LWZVZilR0.

Stream on Spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/track/77MMRBzHF1d5CzJwkrxpGr?si=952ae50c6e914dff

Pre-order the album (digital/vinyl) here: https://typhoidrosie.bandcamp.com/album/queen-of-swords.

Spotify Album Pre-Save- https://show.co/wTkj2hJ

Frontwoman Rosie Rebel says, “I would never sit a little girl down in front of a glowing screen to watch Cinderella. It’s not that I don’t believe in a good love story, it’s just the fact that generations of women have grown up with this idea that if we play dress up that some magical prince will come and save us. It’s a sham fairy tale about a girl who cries and waits for other people to come and save her- the mice, a fairy godmother, and finally a prince. She’s afraid that the prince won’t love her because she doesn’t have the right clothes. How is this any different than the plot of Pretty Woman? These are nice tales to get the kids shopping at a young age, but let’s be real and remember that all of this dress up won’t buy you love, but it does suggest that we should be seeking validation outside of ourselves. This is a magic formula that is worth billions: we see just enough airbrushed models every day – to keep us feeling just ugly enough to keep us shopping. Truth be told, there’s not enough diet tricks, ass-cheek squats, breast implants, fake eyelashes, high heels, spanks and wrinkle creams to ever make someone love you. Real love is way deeper than that, it’s not so fleeting, shallow, or superficial. When your looks have faded, love is the thing that will drag its 90 year old balls across the kitchen floor just to kiss your stank breath on your aging face. But we never see this love story, because we’ve been told thousands of times a day by advertising companies that aging is ugly, “anti-aging.” You’ll be surprised the impact these glowing images have had on our self-esteem and images of beauty. Personally, I think it’s so fucking sad, to discover that for an entire girl’s life it is way more profitable for companies to make her feel ugly than it is to build her up into becoming the magical person she was meant to be.

This is why I wrote this song: “She don’t need no prince, she don’t need no mice, she’ll make it on her own just fine!” All this work to make us look shiny for others, but what about cultivating your mind, soul, and talents and finding the reason you were put here. Personally, I want to see the girl who looks in the mirror and wonders about that badass bitch inside of her who’s ready to kick some ass. Have you thought about her lately? I fucking hope so – because your ancestors didn’t pass the torch of life to you to watch you sit around and wait for some person who may or may not show up. You weren’t meant to stagger through the streets on trash night at 3 o’clock in the morning with a broken high heel like some kind of a discarded wounded antelope. For god sakes, Cinderella, get yourself a practical shoe! Love will come when you stop trying so hard to find something that’s already inside of you! And until love comes, it’s a perfect time to get your shit together and become grounded in yourself. But by then you’ll already have your Ivy League degree, your P.H.D., will have traveled the World, and have a couple black belts just in case. If you’re not there yet, you need to do things that enrich your soul and unlock that magical thing.

My Cinderella has mace and knows Krav Maga, so you would never see her not ready to kick ass. Also my Cinderella doesn’t cry waiting to be discovered, she has her own shit to do, she’s an Empress who knows her worth, and that’s why she’ll never be bread-crumbed. Let’s be real, it could be years of waiting for this alleged prince to show up while you’re playing tinder-roulette in a cycle with people who have disposable mentalities – who are so fucking quick to pull your pants off and then ghost you. As a society we’re so quick to scroll to the next thing, and so quick to discard women, but let’s remember the holy life dwelling inside of our bodies. The body is a temple where that badass goddess lives. It’s not like the Holland Tunnel where any loser can drive inside you to dump their turd garbage, nor are you some kind of un-attended Halloween candy bowl of losers grabbing fistfuls of you and leaving nothing in return. Your body, your choice, but remember that some people are so disgusting that all the showers in the World won’t make their ugly soul taint go away, and you don’t want to be stuck with their spiritual shit shmears all over your beautiful soul. Love yourself above all others, and be ready to kick some ass! I just thought, instead of selling little girls princess dresses, we start by building them up on the inside, so that they are strong enough to withstand an ever-increasingly disposable World. Time to build each other up: Share this song with every little and grown girl you know!”

Recorded remotely at home in quarantine during COVID-19 (with the exception of drums and bass, recorded at Cannon Found Soundation in Brooklyn), ‘Queen Of Swords’ is Typhoid Rosie’s first new album since 2018’s ‘This Is Now’.

Bio:

Typhoid Rosie out of Brooklyn New York delivers high-energy sing-along alt/punk with pop hooks and indie grit. They have been featured in Paste Magazine, Buzzfeed, Alternative Press, AXS, The Huffington Post, New Noise Magazine, Dying Scene, PunkNews, Substream Magazine, Impose Magazine, Tattoo.com, Popdose, PopWrapped, PopMatters, The Big Takeover, No Depression, and many more.

Typhoid Rosie is known for putting on an entertaining, fun, and high energy live performance. Pre-pandemic, they had been playing regularly mostly around the Northeast at places like The Knitting Factory, Brooklyn Bazaar, The Kingsland, Goldsounds, Coney Island Brewery, Arlene’s Grocery, Bowery Electric, VYNL. etc.

The band’s fourth full length studio album titled ‘Queen of Swords’ is slated for release on August 13, 2021, following their previous three studio albums: ‘The Music Album’ (2013), ‘Hearts Bleed Goodbye’ (2016) and ‘This is Now’ (2018).

Typhoid Rosie is: Rosie Rebel: Vocals Phil Wartell: Drums Jeff Crews: Lead Guitar Will Adams: Rhythm Guitar Matthew Van Ernest: Bass

Praise for Typhoid Rosie

“…Takes Listeners on a Rock ‘n’ Roll Odyssey…”- PopMatters

“…a highly addictive, feel-good album that smacks you with a lovely dose of 90’s punk nostalgia.”- Tattoo.com

“…a high octane energetic track that runs through chord progressions with a crushing drum beat. The upbeat track is full of memorable hooks, verses with the infectious delivery from Rosie Rebel.”- New Noise Magazine

“…catchy as hell…”- Dyingscene

“Guess what you’ll catch from Typhoid Rosie? An infectiously good time, that’s what!”- AXS

“… a glorious slice of high tempo indie punk…casts a spell that gives the album an irresistible quality that is indefinable…”- The Punk Site

“Separately, punk and pop are on opposite ends of the spectrum. When Typhoid Rosie mashes them together, it works.”- IndieBandGuru

“‘This Is Now’ is a record packed with Rock N Roll, Punk and Indie all rammed into one album and it’s done incredibly well….empowering from the start, Rosie Rebel is a fantastic vocalist that can’t be denied….Needs to be put repeat for a long time to come.”- Thinking Lyrically

“…delivers a high voltage jolt of delightfully fun punk/indie grit with catchy pop hooks….”- EatSleepBreatheMusic

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