{"id":12631,"date":"2020-07-17T05:00:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-17T05:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=12631"},"modified":"2020-07-16T18:36:41","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T18:36:41","slug":"tokky-horror-ex-queen-zee-sign-to-alcopop-records-debut-single-girlracer-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=12631","title":{"rendered":"TOKKY HORROR (ex-Queen Zee) Sign To Alcopop! Records  &#8211;  Debut Single \u2018Girlracer\u2019 Out Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>TOKKY HORROR (ex-Queen Zee) Sign To Alcopop! Records<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Crash \u201cHyper-Masculine\u201d Cultural Spaces On Debut Single \u2018Girlracer\u2019 Out Now<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12632 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror-1140x641.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Tokky-Horror.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool\/London collective <\/span><b>TOKKY HORROR<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are pleased to announce they have signed to Alcopop! Records. Their <\/span><b>debut single \u2018Girlracer\u2019 is out now<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and available to stream and purchase on all good DSPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Completed by joint-vocalists Mollie Rush and Ava Akira, the trio form the hotly-anticipated <\/span><b>new project from ex-Queen Zee vocalist Zee Davine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, marking a stark change in musical direction from Davine\u2019s former outfit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commenting on the new project, Davine says: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;For me, \u2018Girlracer\u2019 is a joyous return to the fun of creating and making music after falling out of love with it. The experience of creating Tokky Horror has helped me address what my priorities are with my creativity, and how I wish and need to express myself. Sonically we had no idea what we would sound like, except we wanted it to be intense, visceral and cathartic.\u201d<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inspired by artists like <\/span><b>Dennis Lyxzen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Refused, International Noise Conspiracy)\u2014who has\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spoken and written in depth about wanting to create punk music for the present generation, instead of simply mimicking bands from the \u201860s and \u201870s\u2014and Liam Howlett of <\/span><b>The Prodigy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 who would refuse to pinpoint their specific sound\u2014culturally-speaking, the new material carries on where Queen Zee left off, by crashing headlong into traditionally less diverse spaces and firmly planting the flag for the LGBTQ+ community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI wanted to find my own sound, and my own way of expressing myself, that takes from all of our influences across dance culture, psychedelia and punk,\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">explains Davine of the process. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLyrically the song addresses hyper-masculine spaces (which is very often dance culture itself) and inserts Tokky Horror with confidence. Girlracer&#8217;s unashamed appreciation of fast cars and loud music is a tongue-in-cheek to every boy who thinks they&#8217;re better than us.&#8221;<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12633 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-1140x1140.jpeg 1140w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover-65x65.jpeg 65w, https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/tokky-horror-girlracer-cover.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Written and recorded by TOKKY HORROR, \u2018Girlracer\u2019 was produced and mixed by Zee Davine, and mastered by Stephen Cole at WHAT STUDIO, Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hailed as LGBTQ+ icons in the making, and touted as \u201cthe next Iggy Pop\u201d by <\/span><b>Iggy Pop<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Debbie Harry<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the 2019 <\/span><b>GQ Awards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> red carpet, with multiple <\/span><b>BBC Maida Vale<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sessions and a raft of press and radio support under their belts Queen Zee announced their unexpected shock split following the release of their debut album in October 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the space of their short career they appeared at <\/span><b>Glastonbury Festival, Reading &amp; Leeds, Download, Latitude, Rebellion, Kendal Calling, Beautiful Days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and more, and toured alongside <\/span><b>Marmozets, Dream Wife, Skunk Anansie<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>The Zutons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOKKY HOROR will be revealing further details and announcing more new music over the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girlracer is out now on Alcopop! Records<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>TOKKY HORROR online:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tokkyhorror\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tokkyhorror\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TOKKY HORROR (ex-Queen Zee) Sign To Alcopop! Records Crash \u201cHyper-Masculine\u201d Cultural Spaces On Debut Single \u2018Girlracer\u2019 Out Now Liverpool\/London collective TOKKY HORROR are pleased to announce they have signed to Alcopop! Records. Their debut single \u2018Girlracer\u2019 is out now and available to stream and purchase on all good DSPs. &nbsp; Completed by joint-vocalists Mollie Rush [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[4361,5408,5412,5409,5411,5410],"class_list":["post-12631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-alcopop-records","tag-ava-akira","tag-girlracer","tag-mollie-rush","tag-okky-horror","tag-zee-davine","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12631"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12634,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12631\/revisions\/12634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}