Shooting frankly from the hip about periods, sex work and the "Pleasures of
Soho," electroclash-laced synthpop troupe Sohodolls released their debut album,
Ribbed Music for the Numb Generation, in 2007 on Filthy Pretty Records after
forming in London four years earlier. A cool, catchy, bold statement of intent
that elevated the band's status to critical darlings, the album also garnered
mainstream appeal: "Stripper" and "I'm Not Cool" were used in seasons one and
two of the US television series Gossip Girl. Bolstered by an industrial 1980s
electro-rock stomp and dripping with neo...