Fox Reviews Rock

It’s the time of the week that we highlight one of our favourite new releases. This time its Row She Said by Plaiins. Read a little about the song in the band’s own words. Then, listen to it once or fifty times!

Band Information

PLAIINS is a punk, indie, alternative rock band based in Hamburg. The band signed to Long Branch Records of SPV in 2024 and has been working on their debut album.

With over 20 releases and over 950,000 streams on Spotify alone, features on BBC Radio 1 and BBC Introducing as well as international radio play, the band released their debut album “Happy Faces” on 15th August 2025. 

Song Background Information

Row She Said is a song against right wing nationalism. We talked about writing a song like this for a while, I wanted to do it with class and not something lyrically one dimensional, it had to be done poetically with layers and also open for different interpretations unless you read the lyrics and also knew the context where we were coming from.

They’re my favourite kind of songs, especially when discussing a topic such as this. There’s too many punk songs that tackle this subject too plainly in my opinion, although that also has its place. But I think we really did it right on this one.

“She” in this context is the country where the protagonist is from and how they feel their country calls them and pushes them to protect their idea of sovereignty. I was writing more from the UK point of view, where I’m from, especially in the wake of Brexit, but we also wrote it from the perspective where the guys are from, Germany, but can apply to any country really. 

Upcoming Shows

London UK – 24th September

Hannover Germany – 23rd October

Hamburg Germany – 29th November

All rights to the song used in this post are retained by Plaiins. The images used were provided by Plaiins. The photo of the album cover was taken by Tim Erdmann . Designed By Robin Helm. The photo of the band was taken by Shot By Svenja.