The Quaranzine Playlist #2: Business, As Usual
Photography Jon Mo
With a playlist spotlighting women and non-binary people, the team at Get In Her Ears share the songs helping them cope with the stress and uncertainty of working life
By Get In Her Ears
Hi, Quaranzine! We’re Mari Lane, Tash Walker and Kate Crudgington, the founders of the music blog, radio show and gig-promoter Get In Her Ears.
Get In Her Ears started as a radio show more than five years ago as a response to the music industry’s ongoing, deeply ingrained sexism, which often sees the work and achievements of female artists maligned or ignored. Though some of our favourite musicians are cis, white men, we knew there was so much more to music than just those guys and people like them. And so today, we use our platform to support and promote new music by musicians of all genders and genres, with a focus on new music from women and non-binary people.
The pandemic has caused a lot of work-related stress for so many people, whether it’s caused by job loss or a cut in hours. Or maybe you’re coping with the opposite: your workload has intensified due to the current circumstances, or you’re an essential worker pushed to the frontline. Whatever your situation, I think it’s fair to say lockdown likely hasn’t been easy.
To get through it, we’ve been turning to music for comfort. On our “Business, As Usual” isolation playlist, you’ll find songs that touch on a variety of themes, from unemployment, stress and anger at the government to the gender pay gap – oh, and plenty about just being a boss bitch at whatever it is you do.
There are uplifting tracks to have a good old dance around your bedroom to; tracks to raise a fist at the system to; and more reflective songs to unwind to as you take a break from the stresses that have dominated your day.
So, hit play, turn up the volume, and seek cathartic relief in the angst, joy, rage and just lush, chill vibes of the tracks below.
