Nightshade - Don't Tell Me To Smile 7"
SKU: FTR077
Description:
The 18th
Parallel strikes hard once again with its new riddim series called
‘BONANZA CHARGE’. Carefully produced in its Geneva studio, the
collective of musicians presents two vocal cuts and one horns
instrumental released as three 7” singles with dubs mixed by
Roberto Sánchez. This is heavyweight roots reggae tailor-made for
the heaviest sound systems!
First song recorded on the riddim, ‘Don’t Tell Me
To Smile’ is NIGHTSHADE’s debut single on Fruits Records and it
really is music with a powerful message. Turning an everyday
frustration into a universal cry, Nightshade sings out loud what
she always wanted to answer to the countless strangers who told her
– like so many other women – to smile… because “a woman who smiles
looks so much prettier”.
She says: “If it’s really such an innocent thing
to say as some claim, why do men never say it to other men? Why do
some feel entitled to tell complete (women) strangers how they
should look, feel or behave? These so-called ‘small comments’,
repeated over and over, are just one piece of the constant scrutiny
and everyday violence many women face – and we can’t take no more
of it."
Carried by three united voices, ‘Don’t Tell Me To
Smile’ reminds us that a woman is not a decorative object meant to
please the male gaze. It’s a call to see through the trap: under
the guise of compliments, what is at work is control over women’s
bodies and minds. A smile should come from the heart, never from an
obligation.
Format & package: 7"
Record label: Fruits Records
Year of release: 2026
Tracks:
A. Nightshade - Don't Tell Me To Smile
B. The 18th Parallel - No Flowerpot Dub
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| Weight | 0,15 Kg |
