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Cumgirl8 sign to 4AD
By Andy Malt | Published on Wednesday 19 April 2023
4AD has announced that it has signed Cumgirl8. Their first single for the label, ‘Cicciolina’, is out now.
When featuring the band in the CMU Approved column back in 2021, we observed that their name might not help them gain much radio play – although 4AD has thought of that too, noting that you can refer to them as CG8 if you prefer. That’s definitely something you might like to do in polite company.
Your explanation of the new single might still need some careful wording when playing it to your gran though – it being inspired by Hungarian-Italian pornstar turned politician Ilona Staller. Or Cicciolina as she is better known. As your gran will probably tell you, having seen her regularly on ‘Eurotrash’ back in the day.
“Cicciolina is an Italian icon, porn star and former politician that was elected to parliament in the 90s”, say the band. “She advocated for human rights and the eradication of nuclear weapons. Cicciolina said ‘make sex not war’ and used her divine power of femininity to troll the status quo while disrupting it from the inside”.
“We feel her ideals are foundational to the Cumgirl8 philosophy of subversive change, peace and strength in vulnerability”, they add. “We hope she loves our song, we love her very much. Cicciolina is Cumgirl1”.
Cumgirl8 also have UK tour dates lined up next month. And here they are:
9 May: London, Moth Club
11 May: Brighton, The Great Escape
12 May: Leeds, Headrow House
13 May: Margate, Justine’s
15 May: Southampton, The Joiners
Watch the video for ‘Ciccolina’ here:
