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Plaster of Paris Shares her charming new single “Danceflaw”

Plaster of Paris have unveiled the towering new single ‘Danceflaw’, the lead track taken from the band’s debut studio LP Lost Familiar, released 23 June 2021 via local label heads Psychic Hysteria.

A pulsing disco-punk anthem laced with pop undertones, contagious riffs, screaming saxophone and earth-shattering vocals, ‘Danceflaw’ is an untethered celebration of the queer spaces, bars and venues that shaped the identities of the band; a song dedicated to everyone who find solace with their chosen family on the dancefloors of the world, and a tribute to the lives lost five-years-ago at Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

“We were in LA the night of the Orlando Florida shootings,” the band recently told Trouble Juice. “There was a heavy feeling and the LGBTIQ+ community were quite afraid because we didn’t know if it was a one-off event or part of something more targeted.

“The following morning was LA Pride and shops were closed with notes pinned to the doors in solidarity to the community and mourning the lives lost. We headed to a famous gay bar in West Hollywood to support community businesses who lost out for Pride weekend. We had a drink under a huge rainbow flag and talked about gay bars, nightclubs, and dancefloors as sacred spaces for meeting chosen family [and] to be authentically queer.”

‘Danceflaw’ is the charging opening single to Plaster of Paris’ debut LP Lost Familiar, the long-awaited album in the making.

Smouldering with the band’s frenetic energy, razor-sharp lyricism and a fierce political bent, Lost Familiar is an album seething with intent, an urgent call to arms that addresses the timely themes of body autonomy, queer identity, and climate emergency.

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