Shulamith

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Shulamith is the second studio album by American indie pop band Poliça, released on October 18, 2013 by Mom + Pop Music

The album title refers to the radical feminist Shulamith Firestone whose book The Dialectic of Sex was the main inspiration to singer and lyricist Channy Leaneagh after the recording of the album.^[11] Describing Firestone as "This woman to me is like my pop star. I want to try and be more like her," Leaneagh insisted that the name wasn't chosen "because I wanted to make a statement about feminism."^[11] At the same time, themes explored in the album dovetail with feminist concerns such as the conflict of desire and frustration that attend living up to cultural ideals as well as the pitfalls of materialism and perfectionism.^[12]

"Tiff" was released as the album's lead single on April 15, 2013.^[13] An Expanded/Deluxe edition of the album was released on 10 June 2014. The edition contained 4 new tracks by the band; include 'Raw Exit', which the band demoed a little after the release of their debut, Give You the Ghost.^[14] The track was never officially released but the band played at concerts. These four tracks were also made available in the form of 'Raw Exit EP', Leaneagh stated in their blog: "'Raw Exit' still sounds like Poliça but goes to a different place topically than the rest of Shulamith—it's about wanting someone, which is rare in our songs."^[15] The EP was also released as a 10" vinyl record.^[16]