#ana da silva

[theunderestimator-2]

The Raincoats as photographed by Janette Beckman for Rough Trade records while rehearsing in London for their 1979 debut album. As the photographer recalls: "...I went to shoot them at their rehearsal space, but if you look at that picture, you can see that it's a toilet. They were literally in the bathroom practicing. It's just so punk and the place is kind of a wreck."

Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 after seeing the Slits perform. As Birch stated in an interview, "It was as if suddenly I was given permission. It never occurred to me that I could be in a band. Girls didn’t do that. But when I saw The Slits doing it, I thought, ‘This is me. This is mine.’ Palmolive, the Slits' ex-drummer at the time, actually joined them in '78, performing with the line-up that played live and recorded the debut album.

A weird fact for this all-girl band that was influential for so many female artists, is that it actually took a guy to help younger generations re-appreciate them and that's why the Raincoats somehow always seem to be mentioned along with Curt Cobain, since his enthusiasm for their music brought them back from obscurity in the '90s after citing them as one of his favourite bands and writing the liner notes for the reissues of their albums.

If you ask me, I think ol' Johnny Rotten was spot on when he said that: "The Raincoats offered a completely different way of doing things, as did X-Ray Spex and all the books about punk have failed to realise that these women were involved for no other reason than that they were good and original".

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[prettyfr0mtheback]

The Raincoats Manifesto

[jessread-s]

✩📜🏚️Series Review:

⋆ Enemies to lovers

⋆ Forbidden love

⋆ Different protagonists each book

“The Four Horsemen” quartet ruined me for other books.

I said it before and I’ll say it again. Thalassa’s unique undertaking of writing a romance novel for each of the four horsemen of the apocalypse blew me away! Thalassa characterizes each of the four horsemen so well and successfully makes them distinctive from one another.

Additionally, I really love the leading ladies in this series. All four women are strong in their own way and shaped by their vastly different pasts. I was completely captivated by their respective storylines and the ways in which they were romanced by their horsemen.

I hope that Thalassa will consider returning to this world in the future or writing other post-apocalyptic romance novels because I. NEED. MORE!

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@laurathalassa

[legendarytragedynacho]

The Raincoats in 1979

[foxandhisfriends]

Ana Da Silva, The Raincoats, Sounds 8th, December 1979. Pic by Ray Stevenson

[spilladabalia]

The Raincoats - Only Loved At Night

[sarkywoman]

“We didn’t use the word ‘feminist’ so much at the beginning. I was never afraid of the word, but people had their preconceptions and when somebody asks you, ‘are you this?’ and you know that you are your version of that, but you’re not the version of the person who’s asking...”

Ana Da Silva, speaking in ‘Poly Styrene: I am a Cliche’

[leatherpearlslace]

Listen/purchase: Hospital window by Ana da Silva

[chasgow]

Tiny Raincoats badge, or giant fingers?

[olivers-cocoapuffs]

Me watching 5 millionaires get crushed knowing that a class of year 9’s got out of this exact situation:

[dreamsbee4]

VNL Semifinal joy + World Championship Semifinal joy

VNL Final sadness + World Championship Final sadness

[jessread-s]

✩🌺⚖️Review

Only Laura Thalassa would have the power to make me cry over a horseman of the apocalypse.

“Famine” follows Ana da Silva, a former prostitute whose life was once spared by Famine when he first walked the Earth. The second time she encounters him, however, she’s stabbed and left for dead. Finding the strength to survive his brutality and seek revenge, Ana corners him only to be held captive by the horseman. In spite of themselves and everyone they stand for, they are drawn to each other.

In all honesty, I had a very love-hate relationship with Famine as a character. Of all the horsemen, Famine is the least human, having more in common with nature itself. The pain he inflicts on those who he comes across is gruesome and tough to read. As a result, it was harder for me to view his character as redeemable by the novel’s end.

At the same time, I felt deeply for him after learning about his own the horror surrounding how badly he was treated by humanity when he awoke. I shed many tears over his suffering, which just goes to show how powerful Thalassa’s writing is to make me war with myself even as I type this review.

In my review of “War,” I mentioned how the book’s plot structure is very similar to its predecessor. The same can be said of “Famine.” Having read each book in the series thus far back to back, elements of “Famine” became a bit too repetitive and easy to anticipate. Still, Ana and Famine’s reluctant, enemies to lovers relationship made my heart sing. The bond they formed over their shared experiences and the kindness they show one another is unmatched.

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@laurathalassa

[trashedits]

carolana

[izzyaguecheek]

i have many many thoughts about Nelinha da Silva (mostly good stuff, one complaint about having the one Brazilian character be from a favela) but i gotta say.......... mad props to Rick Riordan for giving her a name im 90% sure he (and most of his english speaking readers probably) will never be able to pronounce right lmao

[lily-chen-supremacy]

the nautilus to the freshmen of harding-pencroft academy is what the house is to the inner circle.