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Matrimony

Australian punk quintet Matrimony was active for just under a year in the late '80s, but what they accomplished in that time would cast a long shadow. Matrimony's snarling blasts of raw, minimal punk set a clear template for the Riot grrrl scene that would take shape in the United States shortly after the band broke up, with their sole album, Kitty Finger, serving as direct inspiration for bands like Bikini Kill and Bratmobile. Kitty Finger was reissued by Kill Rock Stars first in 1997, and then once more in 2021 in a newly remastered form. Matrimony was formed in Sydney in 1988 by friends Polly Williams and Zeb Olsen. They eventually brought other friends Sybilla Visalli, Michael O’Neill, and Dani Marich into the fold and began working on songs influenced by the Stooges, the Cramps, the Birthday Party, Pussy Galore, Sonic Youth, and other noisy, envelope-pushing acts. They played around Sydney as one of the few bands on the scene made up primarily of women. Matrimony recorded their first (and what would be their only) album, Kitty Finger, in a single day; it was released on Frock Productions in 1989. Olsen relocated and the band became dormant almost immediately after its release, but they didn't officially disband until Visalli took her own life in 1992. While Matrimony ended tragically, their music served as jumping-off point for feminist punk bands in Olympia, Washington that were bubbling up in the early '90s under the Riot grrrl banner. At the urging of Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna, Olympia label Kill Rock Stars re-released Kitty Finger on CD in 1997. Over 20 years later, the label released a newly remastered version of the album to streaming services as well as bringing it back into print on vinyl for the first time since its initial release in 1989.
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