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Mandy, Indiana: “Pinking Shears”
“Pinking Shears” rattles with post-apocalyptic, post-punk aggression, but more than anything, Mandy, Indiana frontwoman Valentine Caulfield is exhausted. “J’suis fatiguée tu sais pas c’que j’suis fatiguée” (“I’m tired, you don’t know how tired I am”) she declares, full of despair, as she rails against militaries, corrupt politicians, and nations that allow refugees to die in unheated buildings. The Manchester band’s music unfolds piece by unnerving…
