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Self Esteem – red vinyl LP + poster – A Complicated Woman. Vinyl Records London are on cloud nine, we are now spinning in a brand new copy in Cassettes & Vinyl from Self Esteem Rebecca Lucy Taylor blows stormy second wind our way with A Complicated Woman, her first full-length release as Self Esteem since the critically lauded Prioritise Pleasure. The record finds Taylor, who cut her teeth with Sheffield indie hopefuls The Slow Club, expanding her signature lyrical honesty and emotional intelligence over an increasingly vivid, ambitious landscape, convoking a potent collective of mostly female voices: friends, bandmates, and collaborators Nadine Shah, Moonchild Sanelly, Sue Tompkins, drag queen Meatball and actor Julie Hesmondhalgh all feature. Recalibrating the well-worn trope of female hysteria in indie rock terms, lead single ‘Focus Is Power’ channels a mantra first scribbled on a sticker in her parents’ shed during lockdown into a full-bodied affirmation of self-worth, echoed by a moving choir and a communal performance in its accompanying video. 1. “I Do & I Don’t Care”   2. “Focus Is Power”   3. “Mother”   4. “The Curse”   5. “Logic, Bitch!” (feat Sue Tompkins)   6. “Cheers To Me” Side 2   1. “If Not Now, It’s Soon”   2. “In Plain Sight” (feat Moonchild Sanelly)   3. “Lies” (feat Nadine Shah)   4. “69”   5. “What Now”   6. “The Deep Blue Okay”