Belfast-based DIY feminist queerpunk quartet Problem Patterns return today with their new single, Classic Rock Has Become My Prison, that is the latest to be taken from their forthcoming EP, Boring Songs For Boring People, that is set for release on 12th September via Alcopop! Records. Classic Rock Has Become My Prison is a chuggy parody of classic rock turned classic Problem Patterns rant-fest that was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Niall Doran at Belfast’s Start Together Studios. The single. is accompanied by an official video directed by Beverley Boal, which sees the band assuming their new classic rock alter-egos: Beverley Flippin’ Boal, MegaBeth, Hard Rock Alanah and Ciara King Cobra.

“The title was the concluding sentence of a rant about my neighbour who plays classic rock radio stations obnoxiously loud from his garage for hours on sunny days, thrusting me back indoors and forcing me to close the windows to get some peace. ‘Great name for a song,’ I was told, so in classic fashion I took to channelling those frustrations into music. But the more I thought about classic rock tunes, the more I thought about the sexism and misogyny rampant in the lyrics of even the most popular songs. There are something like 25 of the most uncomfortable and cocky lyric references patchworked into this song, and there will be a prize if you guess all 25 correctly. Musically, we took on classic rock alter-egos, ripping solos, chugging riffs, hitting the drum fills just right, before letting loose that patented PP anger. This is Problem Patterns at our cock-rockiest.”

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