Known for their riotous shows, the Grammy-nominated US group have also been kicking up dust by singing about subjects from domestic abuse to mass shootings and the BLM movement
’s classic 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. It’s Woodsmith’s attempt to write her own motorcycle tale of tragedy, although in classic Della Mae style there’s a very emphatic commentary hidden within it on how parents pass down their wounds to their children. Meanwhile, The Way It Was Before covers modern slavery, mass shootings and
Wordsmith says writing the song was a “very tender” process, but its first performance was even more poignant, at a festival just one town along from where Mahoney was murdered. “There were people in the audience who had been personally affected by that tragedy,” says Ludiker. “Performing it in that context was really intense.
Their feminism has been a defining character of their music – they often have audience members approach them after shows to thank them for the title track of Headlight, an anthem to women who have suffered domestic abuse. On a touring circuit dominated by male bands, playing the kind of music frequently referred to as “macho” and “high-testosterone”, Della Mae were considered a novelty in their early years on the road.
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