Hotpants Romance

Sounding like a fusion of the Shaggs and Thee Headcoatees filtered through riot grrrl and singing about the joys of candy, dancing, and teen-centric romance, Hotpants Romance hail from Manchester in Northwest England, and have added a welcome dose of Girl Power to a local music scene often overflowing with testosterone. Bassist Lowri Evans and guitarist Laura Skilbeck first hatched the idea for Hotpants Romance in 2003; the concept was a band playing lo-fi pop music and performing in public only once a year, on Valentine's Day. The nascent group's first attempts at making musi...