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From The Desk Of Garbage’s Shirley Manson: “212” By Azealia Banks

Garbage is back. And the band’s sound is the same—but different. Not Your Kind Of People (StunVolume) is the quartet’s first album since 2005, and the distance has got Garbage’s creative juices flowing in exciting ways. First single “Blood For Poppies” has the same driving drums, ripping guitars and biting lyrics as earlier LPs but a poppier hook, while “Battle In Me” is much angrier and, well, Garbage-ier. Not Your Kind Of People is a great fusion of the old and the new—and after seven years of waiting, we are pretty psyched the band is back. The quartet will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com for two weeks, but for those of you who need more Garbage, read our 20 Questions feature with Shirley Manson and Butch Vig.

Manson: I watched the video for this song some time ago now, and it really blew me away. It’s reminded me a little of when I first heard “Why D’ya Do It” by Marianne Faithful. The lyrics are really provocative and aggressive, but they sort of trot off her tongue in a really playful manner. I was wildly struck at the time of watching the video by how she seemed to embody a very new type of sexuality that I had never really seen before. Very uninhibited and joyful but very street and confident, too. I felt like I was watching something very fresh and exciting. Watch out: She’s gonna ruin you, cunt.