CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE ISSUE 2: PLATFORM

WITCH FEVER
it’s also incredibly important
to remember that music is what
these bands are doing, and they
can’t be expected to cover everything,
without any mistakes; they
are human, too, after all.
Recently, though, the band did
use their platform to call out behavior
at an all-dayer in Bristol.
It seemed like classic behavior
for men towards women in a
band, only to a whole greater extent
– quizzing them on whether
or not they knew how to use their
equipment, asking them to take
off their shirts and give the crowd
members lap dances, saying they
were going to wank off at their
set – but what was so shocking
to them was how “it was such
a large amount in such a short
space of time,” explains Amy.
“Usually, it’s just one incident a
gig, but it was so many all at the
same time.” Alex agrees: “It felt
like a really negative space.”
“It just seems that as soon as
women onstage show any part
of their body, they’re considered
a sexual object in some light, or
people immediately start to think
about shagging them,” Amy
points out. “I get that you’re attracted
to people and you fancy
people, and that’s fine, but it’s
not cool to come up to us and
say you’re going to have a wank
over us, because that’s just really
threatening.” Many have shown
their support for the band during
this time, despite a few disrespectful
comments on the post
they made about the incident, but
it’s occurrences like these that
prove there’s far to go for women
in the industry facing these
wrongdoings.
WITCH FEVER are far from
scared off from performing,
however, and have a string of live
dates lined up through the summer,
attempting to hit as many
cities as possible before they
reenter the studio. An EP is in
the works, Amy confirms, along
with videos to go along with the
songs, and an album within the
next year (we hope!).