Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole Explained

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole
Type:EP
Artist:Martha Wainwright
Cover:BMFAAlbum.jpg
Released:January 2005
Recorded:2004–2005
Genre:Folk, pop
Length:17:23
Label:Zoë
Producer:Martha Wainwright, Brad Albetta

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole is a five track EP by Martha Wainwright. It was released in January 2005 through both Zoë Records and Drowned in Sound.

Background

Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole was inspired by Wainwright's father, Loudon Wainwright III. She wrote the track as a response to her father's way of writing songs about his family, rather than tending to them.[1] [2]

The EP was released in the UK as a 4 song EP (When The Day Is Short omitted) on the Drowned in Sound label.[3]

"Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" was used at the end of the second episode in season three of the Netflix original series Orange is the New Black, and at the end of the fourth episode in season one of the HBO original series Big Little Lies.

Critical reception

The review in PopMatters calls the EP "a rebellious introductory stance for an artist looking to provoke or silence potential critics" and states that Wainwright is "as different from her brother as her brother is different from their father, but like both men, she's fiercely honest and stubbornly candid". AllMusic write that "Wainwright's husky voice has matured into a thing of real beauty, and her ability to sound both majestic and totally wrecked helps to humanize each track".

Track listing

  1. "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" (Wainwright) – 3:12
  2. "I Will Internalize" (Wainwright) – 3:25
  3. "When the Day Is Short" (Wainwright) – 3:14
  4. "It's Over" (Wainwright) – 3:28
  5. "How Soon'" (Carroll Lucas, Jack Owens) – 4:04

Covers

The title song "Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole" has been translated into a Swedish version by Caroline af Ugglas. The song, in Swedish called "Vill inte spela glad" ("Don't Want to Act Happy"), can be found on her album Så gör jag det igen, released March 18, 2009.[4] [5]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: They fuck you up, your mum and dad . . 18 March 2015 . 19 May 2015 . Hodgkinson . Will . Will Hodgkinson . 20 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150520235403/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/mar/18/marthawainwright.popandrock . live .
  2. Web site: A Mother's Love: An Interview with Martha Wainwright . . 19 October 2012 . 19 May 2015 . Freeman . John.
  3. Web site: Martha Wainwright Bloody Mother Fucking Asshole (EP) review . . 19 May 2015 . Monger . James Christopher . 15 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151015020140/http://www.allmusic.com/album/bloody-mother-fucking-asshole-ep-mw0000139163 . live .
  4. News: Ryttman . Robert . Caroline Af Ugglas – Så Gör Jag Det Igen . Zero Music Magazine . 18 March 2009 . sv . 15 January 2023 . 1 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221201103540/https://zeromagazine.nu/2009/03/18/caroline-af-ugglas-s-gr-jag-det-igen/ . live .
  5. News: Af Ugglas i duett med Tommy Nilsson . Hallands Nyheter . 16 December 2008 . sv . 15 January 2023 . 3 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210503043419/https://www.hn.se/n%C3%B6je/af-ugglas-i-duett-med-tommy-nilsson-1.3541233 . live .