I.U.D.-The Proper Sex (2009)

Genre: Indie, Noise, Rock, GANG GANG DANCE!
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Tracklist

1 Daddy
2 Glo Balls
3 Monk Hummer
4 911
5 Mary Unmargaret
6 Girls Just Wanna (Time To Have Sex)

Sadie Laska and Lizzi Bougatsos aren’t intimidated by their busy schedules. Instead, they embrace their moments spared from tours and rehearsals with their respective bands to perform as the duo I.U.D. The two met in their first days at West Virginia University and formed a fast friendship that was kindled over their mutual appreciation of fine art. They soon became frequent collaborators in both musical and dramatic performance pieces around campus, and after graduation, they hit the Big Apple where they immersed themselves in the rich soil that has been home to the American Avant-garde. Laska had already started playing with the new-to-New York noise boys of Growing when Bougatsos, who had just returned to the States after an overseas tour with her band Gang Gang Dance, approached her with a personal project.

At the time, Bougatsos was captivated by the heavily percussive styling of Japanese noise act Boredoms and the band’s side projects, like the all-female band OOIOO. Their experimentalism inspired Bougatsos to develop a new act, one where she and Laska would focus on similar primitive beats. They set the ball in motion, lining up a first gig as E.U.D. without having a set song list in place. “Just so we would make sure that we actually got the band together,” Laska explained. “That seemed like the easiest way to get it going: book a show and then we’d have to make songs.”

They later changed their name from E.U.D to I.U.D., both liking the ambiguity of acronyms. The band’s name is not meant as a political statement. Rather, Laska says, “it seemed kind of gross, punk, and just the perfect name for our two-girl band. It could have multiple meanings: Idiot Ultrasonic Disciples or something like that.”