Queer folk punk quintet Dryadic delivers an Elucidating punch to those we've all heard too much of, in their latest single, "Mansplain." With its jangly charm and sly wit, the song flips frustration into something flat-out catchy, a protest bop that you'll be playing on repeat.
Frontperson Zora MacDonald says the tune was created over coffee the day after an especially maddening gig, where a pack of helpful men kept coming up with unsolicited advice, advice that was frequently both utterly lacking in musical experience and cringeworthy. The included video was shot in the sweaty heat of Bristol during the summertime, and by combining performance with skits as the band trudged their gear through town and around town, concluding in a real bluegrass jam at The Star.
But "Mansplain" is more than just a one-night rant. There are guys casually dismissing others, making sideways comments, and sending across bitchy microaggressions, and the situations unfold from the mechanics' shop to the music venues. With lyrics that balance playfulness and sharpness, and a delivery that's as charming as it's pointed, Dryadic takes listeners on a twangy, toe-tapping tour of being talked down to.
Bringing together folk, punk, and the gloriously queer, Dryadic straddle the metaphorical line, proudly peering over the edge, and "Mansplain" shows they aren't about to shrink for anyone. But they dance straight through the pain instead, with fiddles flying and smirks unbroken. If you haven't been watching Dryadic, the moment to do so has arrived.
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