When I was on holiday last October, Peggy Sue released the great single Motorcade. I didn’t get to write about it, but it’s still worth checking out, obviously. Now, the London duo come up with follow-up track Validate Me. A folky rock song, with a fresh lead melody, backed with fuzzy guitars.

Katy Young of the duo says: “We were listening to a lot of Ramones, and female bands that borrow from them – like Colleen Green and Vivian Girls. Validate Me takes inspiration from the way they can combine sweet and vulnerable and seething and heavy all in one track. This song owns up to a set of emotions that aren’t particularly empowering – to getting validation from someone else’s desire for you. But there’s something empowering about admitting to them.”

Motorcade and Validate Me, along with their 2017 single Slow Fade, will appear on Peggy Sue’s next album Vices. Released on 21 February 2020, it will be their first long-player in 6 years’ time.

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Werner Schlosser

I’m a music industry watcher and journalist. Worked at a CD club, a record store chain and was editor in chief of an entertainment trade magazine. Have been in the radio business since 1987, producing and presenting shows. Was music director of several stations. Also, I developed the European Border Breakers Chart, Music Moves Europe Talent Chart and ESNS Chart. CEO of Werner Bros. tekst | uitleg.