Childbirth is an American
alternative rock
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band from
Seattle
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,
Washington
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, United States. The band includes members from other popular Seattle-based bands (Julia Shapiro of
Chastity Belt, Bree McKenna of
Tacocat
Tacocat is an American punk rock band from Seattle, founded in 2007 and consisting of Emily Nokes, Bree McKenna, Lelah Maupin, and Eric Randall. They gained popularity in 2014 following the release of their second album '' NVM'', engineered by Co ...
, Stacy Peck of
Pony Time
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The song achieved greater success when it was recor ...
.) The band performs in maternity gowns and is currently signed to the label
Suicide Squeeze Records
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The three piece received some notoriety on websites such as
Pitchfork
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and
Vice Magazine
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for their viral song "I Only Fucked You As A Joke", which also made ''
Spin
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'' magazine's Top 100 Songs of 2014.
NPR
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premiered the single "Nasty Grrls" for their most recent album, ''Women's Rights''. The record received positive reviews from reviewers including Pitchfork and ''Spin'', and after some touring of both coasts, the band was invited to perform at the
Sasquatch Music Festival
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In 2018, it was announced that the festival was c ...
, and
New York City
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's Northside Music Festival.
In 2016, the band appeared on the podcast, Accidents On Purpose, where they claimed they are good at getting people to mow their lawn and made jokes about feminism.
Albums
*''It's A Girl'' (Help Yourself Records, 2013)
*
Women's Rights (Album) (Suicide Squeeze, 2015)
References
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External links
Childbirth on Bandcamp All-female punk bands
Rock music supergroups
Musical groups from Seattle
Alternative rock groups from Washington (state)
Punk rock groups from Washington (state)
Musical groups established in 2013
2013 establishments in Washington (state)